AimsLithium has long been believed to reduce the risk of suicide and suicidal behaviour in
people with mood disorders. Previous meta-analyses appeared to support this belief, but …

Objective To assess whether lithium has a specific preventive effect for suicide and self harm
in people with unipolar and bipolar mood disorders. Design Systematic review and meta …

Objectives Suicide and suicidal behaviour are increased in mood disorders, particularly
bipolar disorders. Observational studies and small randomized controlled trials (RCTs) …

OBJECTIVE: Observational studies suggest that long-term lithium treatment has a strong
antisuicidal effect in mood disorders, but it is uncertain whether this association is a genuine …

Background Mood disorders are common, disabling and tend to be recurrent. They carry a
high risk of suicide. Maintenance treatment, aimed at the prevention of relapse, is therefore …

Objective: Evidence based on controlled studies is still limited for treatment strategies that
prevent recurrence of suicide attempts. Findings from observational as well as meta‐analytic …

Abstract Suicide contributes to 1–4% of deaths worldwide every year. We conducted a
systematic review aimed at summarizing evidence on the use of lithium for the prevention of …

The management and treatment of patients with suicidal behavior is one of the most
challenging tasks for health-care professionals. Patients with affective disorders are at high …

Objectives: To update and extend comparisons of rates of suicides and suicide attempts
among patients with major affective disorders with versus without long‐term lithium …

Suicide is a major public health problem throughout the world, occurring in over 800,000
people annually. Mood disorders are a common psychopathology and are a signficiant risk …