Even very low but sustained lithium intake can prevent suicide in the general population?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 811-812

  Terao, Takeshi ^a   Goto, Shinjiro ^a   Inagaki, Masatoshi ^b   Okamoto, Yasumasa ^c  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LITHIUM; PLACEBO; TAP WATER;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SUICIDE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70349820738     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.02.043     Document Type: Article

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