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  • Title: Is there a lithium withdrawal syndrome?
    Author: Mander AJ.
    Journal: Br J Psychiatry; 1986 Oct; 149():498-501. PubMed ID: 3814936.
    Abstract:
    Patients who discontinued lithium after a mean of 29 +/- 21 months prophylaxis were compared with a similar group who were not taking the drug; all had only been in hospital once, and satisfied DSM-III criteria for mania. During the first three months following withdrawal of lithium, significantly more patients relapsed than in the control group; after this period, the rate was identical. These findings suggest that lithium withdrawal exists as a clinical phenomenon and that a period of lithium treatment does not improve the long-term prognosis, once the drug has been stopped.
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