Abstract:Purpose
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental disorder that affects approximately 2-3% of the population. The mainstay of treatment in bipolar disorder is lithium, which has also found an important application in the potentiation of antidepressants in drug-resistant depression, in the course of both bipolar disorder and recurrent depressive disorders.
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The narrow therapeutic range of lithium and the frequent side effects it causes necessitates the monitoring of its con… Show more
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