Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 445-453 , April 1995

Lithium in Hospitalized Aggressive Children with Conduct Disorder: A Double-Blind and Placebo-Controlled Study

,Accepted 16 September 1994.

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 This research was supported in part by USPHS grants MH-40177 (Dr. Campbell) and MH-18915 (Drs. Campbell, Kafantaris, and Silva) from the NIMH; the Hirschell and Deanna E. Levine Foundation, The Marion O. and Maximilian E. Hoffman Foundation, Inc., and The Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation. The authors thank the New York Health and Hospitals Corporation and the Bellevue Hospital Center for their cooperation; Reid-Rowell, Inc., for supplying lithium carbonate (Lithonate) and matching placebo capsules; Camille Petty, R.N., the Nursing Staff on 21 South, and the Teachers of Public School 106 for their participation.

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doi: 10.1097/00004583-199504000-00011

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 445-453 , April 1995

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