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Regarding the removal of "It is the only antidepressant effective in treating the manic episodes seen in bipolar disorder." Lithium is not an anti-depressant. Lithium is also not effective in quelling manic episodes in progress despite the claim in Goodwin and Jamison's outdated 1991 edition of Manic Depression.
Has anyone seen scientifically valid primary studies on the effectiveness of lithium for managing manic depression? I have not and it was ineffective during my decade long experience with lithium. See the "Patient Notes" at the end of the article.
Please see:
- McIntyre RS, Mancini DA, Parikh S, Kennedy SH. "Lithium revisited." Can J Psychiatry. 2001 May;46(4):322-7.
- Bowden CL, Brugger AM, Swann AC, Calabrese JR, Janicak PG, Petty F, and others. Efficacy of divalproex vs lithium and placebo in the treatment of mania. JAMA 1994;271:918–24.
This is just a start on the literature: the first reference is a review of the state of the art as of 2001.
Note that not everyone responds to the same drugs; many lithium non-responders are moved to other drugs for this reason. -- The Anome 21:12, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Any thoughts on this 2012 systematic review study? It seems quite good and could be incorporated into the article. I will see if I find time to do it later, but if I don't, I will already leave the reference here:
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Regarding the removal of "It is the only antidepressant effective in treating the manic episodes seen in bipolar disorder." Lithium is not an anti-depressant. Lithium is also not effective in quelling manic episodes in progress despite the claim in Goodwin and Jamison's outdated 1991 edition of Manic Depression.
Has anyone seen scientifically valid primary studies on the effectiveness of lithium for managing manic depression? I have not and it was ineffective during my decade long experience with lithium. See the "Patient Notes" at the end of the article.
Please see:
- McIntyre RS, Mancini DA, Parikh S, Kennedy SH. "Lithium revisited." Can J Psychiatry. 2001 May;46(4):322-7.
- Bowden CL, Brugger AM, Swann AC, Calabrese JR, Janicak PG, Petty F, and others. Efficacy of divalproex vs lithium and placebo in the treatment of mania. JAMA 1994;271:918–24.
This is just a start on the literature: the first reference is a review of the state of the art as of 2001.
Note that not everyone responds to the same drugs; many lithium non-responders are moved to other drugs for this reason. -- The Anome 21:12, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Any thoughts on this 2012 systematic review study? It seems quite good and could be incorporated into the article. I will see if I find time to do it later, but if I don't, I will already leave the reference here:
{{
cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires |journal=
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help)− Arthurfragoso ( talk) 20:25, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect
Lithium salt and has thus listed it
for discussion. This discussion will occur at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 27#Lithium salt until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. --
Tamzin
cetacean needed (she|they|xe)
23:45, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 11 January 2023 and 5 May 2023. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Agstphn (
article contribs). Peer reviewers:
Kaitlynkr,
Cnee10.
— Assignment last updated by Jessicacariello ( talk) 14:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)