According to recent data from the Global Bipolar Cohort, only 29% of people with bipolar disorder are prescribed lithium.

Changes Clinical Practice: Based on this large trial, lithium alone or a lithium-valproate combination should be used as first-line maintenance treatment for bipolar affective disorder type I instead ...

For many people who have bipolar I, lithium is that most elusive of pharmacological treatments, the “magic bullet”—a single intervention that completely eliminates the symptoms of a disease. Since the ...

Lithium is safe and tolerable as maintenance therapy for up to 28 weeks for children and teens with bipolar disorder (BD), new research suggests. A randomized, double-blind study showed that ...

Compared with lithium, valproate, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone generally exhibited a lower likelihood of thyroid dysfunction. HealthDay News — Lithium is associated with an increased risk ...

Lithium, long used in psychiatry, is also a naturally occurring element present in food, water, and the environment. Recent studies highlight its potential role as a trace nutrient with ...

A multicenter study of young patients with bipolar disorder provides what may be the most scientifically rigorous demonstration to date that lithium -- a drug used successfully for decades to treat ...

Low doses in mice have can clear up proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease and restore memory. Human trials are the next step. Lithium has long been a standard treatment in bipolar disorder, but ...