From: Carbamazepine treatment of bipolar disorder: a retrospective evaluation of naturalistic long-term outcomes
Before CBZ
After CBZ
Mean difference (95%CI)
P value
Hospitalization frequency
0.33 ± 0.46
0.14 ± 0.30
0.18 (0.09, 0.27)
<0.001
Episode frequency
0.63 ± 1.70
0.16 ± 0.30
0.47 (0.17, 0.77)
0.002