Long-Term Treatment of Mood Disorders

Robert F. Prien
Clinical Treatment Research Branch
Division of Clinical and Treatment Research
National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville
Maryland 20857

and

James H. Kocsis
Department of Psychiatry
Cornell University Medical College–New York Hospital
New York, New York 10021.


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