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...

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Main Authors: Ewa Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, Maria Chłopocka-Woźniak, Janusz K. Rybakowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2020-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462021000400407&tlng=en