Lithium should be considered not only as one of several possible initial treatments for bipolar disorder, but as the first and foremost of these. This needs to be championed, maintains the editorial from the journal Bipolar Disorders. Its effectiveness has spurred heated debates among researchers, indicating a divide in how it is perceived within the psychiatric community.
In the absence of new data, to me it was a terrible hubris for them to come out and suddenly, in a triumphal way, say that lithium was great. This response from Haim Belmaker highlights the polarizing nature of the discussion surrounding lithium, as it has become a focal point for broader disagreements in the field of mood disorder treatment.
Collection
[
|
...
]