Treatment for manic-depressive illness restores brain volume deficits

Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

Lithium, introduced in the late 1940's, was the first 'wonder drug' in psychiatry. It was the first medication treatment for the manic and depressive episodes of bipolar disorder and it remains among one of the most effective treatments for this disorder...

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