• DOI:10.4088/JCP.V68N0304
Corpus ID: 10343453

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
        }
}

Francesca Guzzetta, L. Tondo, +1 author R. Baldessarini

Published 2007

Psychology, Medicine

The Journal of clinical psychiatry

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 We searched MEDLINE (January 1966 to April 2006; search terms: lithium, suicide, affective disorder, depression, major depression, and mood disorder) for… CONTINUE READING

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