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Lithium and the History of Psychiatry
Lithium has a fascinating history. It took 22 years for lithium to become fta approved in the united states because no pharmaseutical company wanted to touch it. Lithium is not an anti depressent per se. It's more of a mood stabilizing, mood stabilizing drug. Used for manic depressive illnessor polar disorder. But also effective in the treatment of depression as both an adjunctive agent and monotherapy.