The Essential Guide to Lithium Treatment

• Main Authors: Bauer, Michael (Author), Gitlin, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Psychopharmacology.; Pharmacotherapy.; Clinical psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Clinical Psychology.

This book is a practical, up-to-date guide to the correct use of lithium for the short- and long-term treatment of mood disorders. Among the subjects addressed are the pharmacology and mechanisms of action of lithium, its use for maintenance treatment, the role of lithium in the treatment of mania a...

Table of Contents:

• Diagnosis and classification of mood disorders
• Natural course of mood disorders and its treatment
• History of lithium treatment
• Pharmacology and mechanisms of action
• Maintenance treatment with lithium
• Treatment of mania with lithium
• Treatment of depression with lithium
• Suicide prevention with lithium
• Other clinical indications of lithium including neuroprotective effects and its potential indications
• Lithium in pregnancy and postpartum period
• Practical management of lithium
• Adverse effects and its management
• Other treatments for bipolar disorder and major depression.