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Lithium works for youth with BD too: Study
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30432
Subject(s) - psychosocial , depression (economics) , psychology , lithium (medication) , bipolar disorder , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Consistent with adult studies, a recent analysis of data from the Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth (COBY) study found that lithium is associated with decreased suicidality, less depression, and better psychosocial functioning in youth.