Posted by Toph on May 16, 2013, at 10:29:45
In reply to Lou's Little Shoppe, posted by Lou Pilder on May 15, 2013, at 11:31:41
There is plenty of scientific evidence that bipolar patients taking lithium have a lower incidence of suicide than other bipolar patients. Whether this is an affect of the drug or some psycho/social factor in patients who take the drug remains unclear.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12720484
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/12.13/08-lithium.html
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=177812
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10073393
http://www.healthyplace.com/bipolar-disorder/articles/lithium-and-suicide-risk-in-bipolar-disorder/
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