Repurposed drugs as adjunctive treatments for mania and bipolar depression: A meta-review and critical appraisal of meta-analyses of randomized placebo-controlled trials.

@article{Bartoli2021RepurposedDA,
  title={Repurposed drugs as adjunctive treatments for mania and bipolar depression: A meta-review and critical appraisal of meta-analyses of randomized placebo-controlled trials.},
  author={Francesco Bartoli and Daniele Cavaleri and Bianca Bachi and Federico Moretti and Ilaria Riboldi and Cristina Crocamo and Giuseppe Carr{\`a}},
  journal={Journal of psychiatric research},
  year={2021},
  volume={143},
  pages={
          230-238
        }
}
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