TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Invited commentary on Lithium levels in drinking water and risk of suicide JO - British journal of psychiatry A1 - Young, A.H. SP - e466 EP - e466 VL - 194 IS - 5 N2 - 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.

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