Bipolar disorder patients using lithium have lower self ‐harm rates

Bipolar disorder patients taking lithium showed reduced self‐harm and unintentional injury rates compared with patients taking valproate, olanzapine, or quetiapine, a population‐based study conducted in the United Kingdom has found. Researchers could not draw definitive conclusions about the drugs' comparative effects on suicide because of a low overall number of suicides in the study population.
Source: The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update - Category: Psychiatry Tags: What's New in Research Source Type: research