The Essential Guide to Lithium Treatment (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

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.