Lithium treatment reduces suicide risk in recurrent major depressive disorder.
@article{Guzzetta2007LithiumTR, title={Lithium treatment reduces suicide risk in recurrent major depressive disorder.}, author={Francesca Guzzetta and L. Tondo and F. Centorrino and R. Baldessarini}, journal={The Journal of clinical psychiatry}, year={2007}, volume={68 3}, pages={ 380-3 } }
OBJECTIVE
Evidence that clinical treatment reduces suicide risk in major depressive disorder (MDD) is limited and inconsistent. Since lithium shows major antisuicidal effects in bipolar disorders and in heterogeneous mood disorder samples, we evaluated evidence of antisuicidal effects of lithium in patients with recurrent MDD.
DATA SOURCES
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