Lithium lowers the risk of suicide by more than 60 percent among people with depression, finds study. Lithium has long been prescribed to treat unipolar disorder (also called clinical depression) and bipolar disorder (manic depression) -- but its use has been declining in many countries, according to Andrea Cipriani, who co-wrote the paper in the online journal bmj.com "One reason for the decline in lithium use might be that it has a reputation ...Friday, 28 June 2013
Lithium Reduces Suicide Risk
Lithium lowers the risk of suicide by more than 60 percent among people with depression, finds study. Lithium has long been prescribed to treat unipolar disorder (also called clinical depression) and bipolar disorder (manic depression) -- but its use has been declining in many countries, according to Andrea Cipriani, who co-wrote the paper in the online journal bmj.com "One reason for the decline in lithium use might be that it has a reputation ...
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