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Sodium valproate (INN ) or valproate sodium (USAN ) is the sodium salt of valproic acid and is an anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder , as well as other psychiatric conditions requiring the administration of a mood ...

Valproate semisodium (INN ) or divalproex sodium (USAN ) consists of a compound of sodium valproate and valproic acid in a 1:1 molar relationship in an enteric coated form. In the UK semisodium valproate has been sold for a few years as ...

In his groundbreaking BBC documentary, The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive , British comedic actor Stephen Fry asked a mother of two bipolar children how she could tell if a child was bipolar. Premenstrual syndrome (known as premenstrual tension in the ...

While the jury remains out on whether Adolf Hitler was evil or insane, Wilhelm?s life reads like one long entry from the DSM-IV, an encyclopedia of pathological behavior compiled by the American Psychiatric Association.Two psychotherapists and contemporaries of the kaiser?speculated that he ...

Bipolar disorder patients are less likely to have a relapse if they take lithium monotherapy or lithium combined with valproate than if they take valproate alone, but there is no evidence to support the use of combination therapy over lithium alone, according ...

Children are more likely to experience psychiatric difficulties during their school years if they are underweight at birth, scientists have found.Psychiatrists assessed more than 800 children at regular intervals until the age of 17 and found that those with a birth weight ...

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Sodium valproate

Valproate semisodium

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