Twice-daily stable lithium carbonate dosing seems to offer more stable brain lithium levels among euthymic individuals with bipolar disorder.

Lithium is one of the most effective drugs for bipolar disorder. However, its narrow therapeutic window means the difference ...

A revolutionary scanning technique has revealed that lithium MRI is a powerful tool for studying how the drug interacts with ...

Can lithium’s effect on daily activity patterns reveal who will benefit from treatment? A six-week trial finds circadian shifts emerge early, before mood improves, hinting at a biological clue to ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide are hopeful a recent biological discovery could lead to the precision treatment of bipolar disorder (BD). About 2.2% of the Australian population has a form ...

For many people who have bipolar I, lithium is that most elusive of pharmacological treatments, the “magic bullet”—a single intervention that completely eliminates the symptoms of a disease. Since the ...

Six predictors could help determine the amount of lithium needed to treat patients with bipolar disorder, according to a large study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The study, ...