Citation

Young AH. Br. J. Psychiatry 2009; 194(5): e466.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.108.061986

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

research, which ultimately may benefit community mental Lithium is a well-established treatment in psychiatry. The health. possibility that lithium from the environment may affect mental health has received little study. However, a recent Declaration of interest study and an older report both suggest that higher levels Current grant: AstraZeneca; speaker/advisor: AstraZeneca, of lithium in drinking water are associated with lower BCI, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, ianssen, suicide rates. These intriguing data should provoke further Pfizer, Sanofi, Servier, Wyeth.

Language: en

Keywords

suicide; psychiatry; lithium; risk assessment; standardized mortality ratio; review; signal transduction; neurotransmission; community mental health; environment; dietary intake; drinking water; neurotrophic factor