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The Antidepressant Effect of Lithium

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Although there is almost general agreement that lithium carbonate has a clear therapeutic effect upon the manic phases of the manic-depressive illness and also a prophylactic effect against both manic and depressive relapses, its action on the depressive phase of the disease as well as on other forms of endogenic depression is still questioned. Clinicians are still reluctant to use lithium as an antidepressant drug.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, N.Y., USA

    Walter B. Essman

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, N.Y., USA

    Walter B. Essman

  3. Section of Neuropsychopharmacology, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy

    Luigi Valzelli

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Arieli, A., Lepkifker, E. (1981). The Antidepressant Effect of Lithium. In: Essman, W.B., Valzelli, L. (eds) Current Developments in Psychopharmacology. Current Developments in Psychopharmacology, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8123-5_6

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