In:
British Journal of Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Vol. 157, No. 2 ( 1990-08), p. 275-278
Abstract:
A group of 16 psychiatric out-patients in remission, who had been taking lithium carbonate as their sole medication for at least three months, were compared with a control group of 22 healthy volunteers. On a computerised driving simulator which produced measures of reaction time, tracking ability and mistakes made, the patient group had a significantly slower reaction time. Patients should be warned therefore that lithium may affect their ability to drive or operate machinery and that psychomotor impairment and sedation are not synonymous.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0007-1250
,
1472-1465
DOI:
10.1192/bjp.157.2.275
Language:
English
Publisher:
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Publication Date:
1990
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2021500-9
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