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- Title
Lithium: proving its mettle for 50 years.
- Authors
Friedrich, M.J.
- Abstract
Discusses 50 years of lithium's medical usefulness. Claims for lithium's healing powers in the late 1800s and early 1900s; Mention of paper published by Australian psychiatrist John Cade in 1949; Details about a study by Dr. Paul Grof et al of patients shown to be excellent responders to lithium in terms of episode prevention; Problem of suicide and the possibility that long-term lithium treatment may have an antisuicidal effect.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of lithium; DRUGS; CADE, John; SUICIDE prevention; ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents; LITHIUM; AFFECTIVE disorders; HISTORY
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, Vol 281, Issue 24, p2271
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
historical material
- DOI
10.1001/jama.281.24.2271