Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:249-250
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
The combination of lithium carbonate and an MAOI in refractory depressions
S Fein, V Paz, N Rao and J LaGrassa
Department of Psychiatry, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212.
Lithium combined with phenelzine alleviated the symptoms of four severely
depressed patients. Previously, all four patients had failed to respond to
tricyclic antidepressants, and three had not responded to monoamine oxidase
inhibitors.