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SUBMITTER: Cipriani A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3751729 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cipriani Andrea A Girlanda Francesca F Agrimi Emilia E Barichello Andrea A Beneduce Rossella R Bighelli Irene I Bisoffi Giulia G Bisogno Alfredo A Bortolaso Paola P Boso Marianna M Calandra Carmela C Cascone Liliana L Corbascio Caterina C Parise Vincenzo Fricchione VF Gardellin Francesco F Gennaro Daniele D Hanife Batul B Lintas Camilla C Lorusso Marina M Luchetta Chiara C Lucii Claudio C Cernuto Francesco F Tozzi Fiorella F Marsilio Alessandra A Maio Francesca F Mattei Chiara C Moretti Daniele D Appino Maria Grazia MG Nosè Michela M Occhionero Guglielmo G Papanti Duccio D Pecile Damiano D Purgato Marianna M Prestia Davide D Restaino Francesco F Sciarma Tiziana T Ruberto Alessandra A Strizzolo Stefania S Tamborini Stefania S Todarello Orlando O Ziero Simona S Zotos Spyridon S Barbui Corrado C
BMC psychiatry 20130813
<h4>Background</h4>Data on therapeutic interventions following deliberate self harm (DSH) in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) are very scant and there is no unanimous consensus on the best pharmacological option for these patients. There is some evidence that lithium treatment might be effective in reducing the risk of completed suicide in adult patients with unipolar affective disorders, however no clear cut results have been found so far. The primary aim of the present study ...[more]