The suicide prevention effect of lithium: more than 20 years of evidence—a narrative review

The management and treatment of patients with suicidal behavior is one of the most challenging tasks for health-care professionals. Patients with affective disorders are at high risk for suicidal behavior, therefore, should be a target for prevention. Numerous international studies of lithium use ha...

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Autores principales: Lewitzka, U, Severus, E, Bauer, R, Ritter, P, Müller-Oerlinghausen, B, Bauer, M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26183461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40345-015-0032-2
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author Lewitzka, U
Severus, E
Bauer, R
Ritter, P
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Bauer, M
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description The management and treatment of patients with suicidal behavior is one of the most challenging tasks for health-care professionals. Patients with affective disorders are at high risk for suicidal behavior, therefore, should be a target for prevention. Numerous international studies of lithium use have documented anti-suicidal effects since the 1970s. Despite the unambiguous evidence of lithium’s anti-suicidal effects and recommendations in national and international guidelines for its use in acute and maintenance therapy of affective disorders, the use of lithium is still underrepresented. The following article provides a comprehensive review of studies investigating the anti-suicidal effect of lithium in patients with affective disorders.
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spelling pubmed-45048692015-07-22 The suicide prevention effect of lithium: more than 20 years of evidence—a narrative review Lewitzka, U Severus, E Bauer, R Ritter, P Müller-Oerlinghausen, B Bauer, M Int J Bipolar Disord Review The management and treatment of patients with suicidal behavior is one of the most challenging tasks for health-care professionals. Patients with affective disorders are at high risk for suicidal behavior, therefore, should be a target for prevention. Numerous international studies of lithium use have documented anti-suicidal effects since the 1970s. Despite the unambiguous evidence of lithium’s anti-suicidal effects and recommendations in national and international guidelines for its use in acute and maintenance therapy of affective disorders, the use of lithium is still underrepresented. The following article provides a comprehensive review of studies investigating the anti-suicidal effect of lithium in patients with affective disorders. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4504869/ /pubmed/26183461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40345-015-0032-2 Text en © Lewitzka et al. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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