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Delirium associated with therapeutic levels of lithium in bipolar disorder
Author(s) -
Clough Zoe,
Henry Rebecca,
Ekelund Anders
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.323
Subject(s) - delirium , lithium (medication) , bipolar disorder , therapeutic index , neurotoxicity , treatment of bipolar disorder , therapeutic effect , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , mania , toxicity , drug
Lithium has been associated with neurotoxicity even at ‘therapeutic’ levels. This case report describes a patient with bipolar disorder who developed signs of delirium following an increase in her dose of lithium, even though her serum levels remained in the therapeutic range. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons