Lithium: The best current treatment for the well-informed bipolar patient

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¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

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Emanuel Severus et al. Bipolar Disord. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;23(1):92.

doi: 10.1111/bdi.13007. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

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Make lithium great again!
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