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 ...

A revolutionary scanning technique has revealed that lithium MRI is a powerful tool for studying how the drug interacts with the brain and could offer more personalized treatment for bipolar disorder.

Here are five recent studies — on smart patches for monitoring lithium levels, mood stabilizers and brain fog, peripartum mood episodes in fathers, an app that analyzes speech to track mood, and ...

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 ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AL001 is designed to target lithium delivery in the brain, mitigating toxicity in other organs. The drug will be ...

Lithium carbonate and valproate sodium are each recommended as monotherapy for preventing relapses in patients with bipolar disorder and are sometimes used in combination. However, combination therapy ...

Since 1949, lithium has been a mainstay for treating bipolar disorder (BD), a mental health condition marked by extreme mood swings. But scientists still don't have a clear understanding of how the ...