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 ...

Lithium carbonate and valproate sodium are each recommended as monotherapy for preventing relapses in patients with bipolar disorder and are sometimes used in combination. However, combination therapy ...

Daniel Smith receives funding from the Medical Research Council, the Chief Scientist Office and the National Institute of Health Research, and has received honoraria for speaking at CPD events ...

Those who take lithium or antidepressants are particularly vulnerable to this summer's heat wave. Patients and physicians alike must be aware of these risks to mitigate their impact, experts say. The ...

This is the fifth post in a series on non-pharmacologic treatments of bipolar disorder. Previous posts briefly reviewed the evidence for amino acids, the B vitamin choline, and a proprietary nutrient ...

Why did Britney Spears take Lithium? In probate court on June 23, Britney Spears told Judge Penny that her conservatorship team changed her medication to Lithium for no reason. The pop icon believed ...

Licensed as a psychiatric nurse practitioner more than 20 years ago, I thought I’d never need or want to prescribe lithium. Old school, I thought. A 1950s drug; we have much better now. It’s true, ...

Lithium has been hailed a "miracle drug" for treating bipolar disorder. Walter A. Brown, clinical professor emeritus at Brown University, talks with Think host Krys Boyd about how the drug has been a ...