Ultra-long-term lithium therapy: all-important matters and a case of successful 50-year lithium treatment
This paper discusses essential issues related to long-term lithium therapy and presents a case of successful 50-year lithium treatment. Lithium is currently regarded as the drug of choice for preventing manic and depressive recurrences in bipolar disorder. In 1/3 of patients with bipolar disorder, l...
| Published in: | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
2020-09-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462021000400407&tlng=en |