Lithium mythology

Gin S Malhi^{1

2

3}, Erica Bell^{1

2

3}, Amber Hamilton^{1

2

3}, Grace Morris^{1

2

3}, Michael Gitlin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia.
³ CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Editorial

Gin S Malhi et al. Bipolar Disord. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;23(1):7-10.

doi: 10.1111/bdi.13043.

Gin S Malhi^{1

2

3}, Erica Bell^{1

2

3}, Amber Hamilton^{1

2

3}, Grace Morris^{1

2

3}, Michael Gitlin⁴

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia.
³ CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

No abstract available

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