The definitive textbook on the use of lithium in the treatment of mental disorders, this comprehensive work provides an up-to-date analysis of lithium, including history; clinical applications, including its use for mania, bipolar and schizophrenic disorders; use in the population, for example in children, geriatrics and people with medical conditions; the effect on the body, including neurological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and dermatological effects, as well as those relating to the kidneys and thyroid; pharmacology, including chemistry, transport in the body, pharmacokinetics, signal transduction pathways, immune function, gene regulation, and effect on behavior; and practical issues, such as guidelines for safe use, interactions with other medication, discontinuation issues, compliance, intoxication, and economics. Edited by top experts from the International Group for the Study of Lithium Treated Patient (IGSLi), Lithium in Neuropsychiatry: A Comprehensive Guide is a unique and vital resource for psychiatrists, psychopharmacologists, psychotherapists and neuroscientists.
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"This is a superb, comprehensive, and essential book on the medical and psychiatric uses of lithium."
"This is an excellent and long needed book on the use of lithium. No resident should be allowed to finish training without knowing the information contained in this book. It should be required reading for all psychiatrists who treat seriously mentally ill patients."
Michael J. Schrift, Doody's Reviews, February 2007
"This well written book provides an authoritative and comprehensive synopsis of lithium use in various neuropsychiatric disorders. Written primarily for clinicians, this book should also appeal to interested researchers, psychopharmacologists, and experts in mood disorders. The book’s major strength is the depth of information and the breadth of subject material discussed. In hardcover, the text is attractive in layout and is free of production errors. Each chapter is followed by an exhaustive list of references. Given the amount of material covered and the size of the book, it is reasonably priced." - Verinder Sharma, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 2006
About the Author
Michael Bauer, MD, PhD, is Deputy Director and Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charite-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Dr. Bauer is also President of the International Group for the Study of Lithium-Treated Patients
Paul Grof, Mood Disorders Research Program and Professor of Psychiatry of Ottawa Mental Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
Bruno Müller-Oerlinghausen, Professor of Psychiatry, Free University of Berlin
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This is a very important book dedicated
to the historic and current use of lithium in psychiatry, as well as to one of its founding fathers-- Dr. Mogens Schou. The work is done mostly by the IGSLI group (www.igsli.org). Dr. Mogens Schou passed away three days after the latest IGSLI meeting in Poland, on September 2005. His dedication to lithium research never wavered, and during his last years with us, he worked on a hypothesis, reminiscent of Emil Kraepelin's scepticism about taxonomy and treatment of manic-depressive psychosis-- that lithium could be efficacious in diagnosed unipolars. It is divided into four sections: A. Introduction and History B. Clinical Applications C. Pharmacology and Mechanisms D. Practical Issues Each section contains numerous articles by prominent and scholarly researchers who have dedicated their academic and medical studies to lithium. Many of the articles are authored by Dr. Schou. Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, doctor and author of many elucidative books on manic-depression, including the tome: "Manic-Depressive Illness", co-authored with Goodwin, has contributed the Foreword. The editors, Michael Bauer, Paul Grof, and Bruno Mueller-Oerlinghausen have collected articles that have cover every aspect of lithium. The book is particularly focused on medical aspects of lithium findings and treatment guidelines, making it an invaluable book for practitioners. Yet it is clearly orgnized and varied enough tht laymen too can benefit by reading many parts, especially Part D: Practical Issues. The books is large (532 pp) and I couldn't help but notice that it is easy on the eyes, with its generous spacing and larger-than-usual font size. It is hard-cover and not cheap, but worth every dollar as "The" Lithium Guide for doctors and laymen. I am very happy that IGSLI members have brought the Cinderella drug out of the ashes just in time. Squiggles
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