{"title":"Study highlights benefit of lithium in preventing bipolar depression-related hospitalization","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/pu.31311","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>A cohort study based on data in Sweden has found that lithium was the only medication treatment associated with significantly reduced risk of depression-related hospitalization in patients with bipolar disorder. More commonly used antidepressant therapy was associated with increased risk of depression-related hospitalization.</p>","PeriodicalId":22275,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"36 6","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pu.31311","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A cohort study based on data in Sweden has found that lithium was the only medication treatment associated with significantly reduced risk of depression-related hospitalization in patients with bipolar disorder. More commonly used antidepressant therapy was associated with increased risk of depression-related hospitalization.