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- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Editor’s Note on Nomenclature
- Neuroscience-Based Nomenclature Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Basic Science and General Principles
- Part 2 Psychopharmacology of the Main Psychotropic Drug Groups
- Chapter 7 Drugs to Treat Depression
- Chapter 8 Drugs to Treat Anxiety and Insomnia
- Chapter 9 Drugs to Treat Schizophrenia and Psychosis (Dopamine Antagonists and Partial Agonists Other Than Clozapine)
- Chapter 10 Clozapine
- Chapter 11 Lithium
- Chapter 12 Anticonvulsants for Mental Disorders: Valproate, Lamotrigine, Carbamazepine and Oxcarbazepine
- Chapter 13 Drugs to Treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Chapter 14 Drugs to Treat Dementia
- Chapter 15 Drugs to Treat Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 16 Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neuromodulation Therapies
- Part 3 Specific Therapeutic Areas
- Index
- References
Chapter 11 - Lithium
from Part 2 - Psychopharmacology of the Main Psychotropic Drug Groups
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 May 2020
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Editor’s Note on Nomenclature
- Neuroscience-Based Nomenclature Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Basic Science and General Principles
- Part 2 Psychopharmacology of the Main Psychotropic Drug Groups
- Chapter 7 Drugs to Treat Depression
- Chapter 8 Drugs to Treat Anxiety and Insomnia
- Chapter 9 Drugs to Treat Schizophrenia and Psychosis (Dopamine Antagonists and Partial Agonists Other Than Clozapine)
- Chapter 10 Clozapine
- Chapter 11 Lithium
- Chapter 12 Anticonvulsants for Mental Disorders: Valproate, Lamotrigine, Carbamazepine and Oxcarbazepine
- Chapter 13 Drugs to Treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Chapter 14 Drugs to Treat Dementia
- Chapter 15 Drugs to Treat Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 16 Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neuromodulation Therapies
- Part 3 Specific Therapeutic Areas
- Index
- References
Summary
Lithium is the third element in the periodic table. It was discovered just over 200 years ago in the mineral petalite by the Swedish chemist Arfwedson, and later separated by others (Cogen 2006, Weeks & Larson, 1937). It was initially named lithion (Greek for stone).
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- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology , pp. 350 - 361Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020