Citation

Waddington D, McKenzie IP. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 1994; 90(1): 50-52.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Airedale General Hospital, Keighley, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7976450

Abstract

Our clinical experience that lithium is an agent used infrequently for self-poisoning was investigated. The rate at which such overdoses occurred was determined from hospital records. A retrospective case notes study then compared overdose rates in patients taking lithium versus patients on antidepressant medication. A low rate of lithium overdoses was identified, and this appeared to be due to patients on lithium rarely taking overdoses rather than their choice of agent.

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