Lithium has been a gold standard in the treatment of bipolar disorder (BD) for several
decades. Despite a general reduction in the use of lithium over the past several years, it is …

Lithium preparations have been successfully used to treat bipolar disorder (BD), and remain
the best established long-term treatment for the disorder. In fact, lithium is a cornerstone of …

Introduction Lithium treatment is considered the gold standard for the long-term
management of bipolar disorder and recurrent unipolar depression. It is also extremely …

Bipolar disorder is a recurrent chronic illness distinguished by periods of mania and
depression. Lithium has been used for about 60 years as a 'mood stabilizer'for bipolar …

Lithium is a commonly prescribed treatment for bipolar disorder. Many early studies on
which its use has been historically based no longer meet current research standards. A …

Background Recent data indicate that lithium use for bipolar disorder has declined over the
last decade and that lithium largely has been replaced with alternate, commercially …

Although there has been a decrease in lithium use over several years, it is still
recommended as a first-line mood stabilizer in all recent guidelines. It has been argued that …

Introduction: The goal of this paper is to provide a practical, clinically oriented review of
lithium, a salt widely used to treat mania since the 1870s and formally approved as a mood …

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Still after more than 50 years, lithium is a major treatment of bipolar disorder, even though it
has not been promoted by the pharmaceutical industry over the last decades. In recent years …