Lithium for the Control of Aggressive and Self-mutilating Behaviour

1 July 1987

journal article
review article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Vol. 2 (3) , 181-190
https://doi.org/10.1097/00004850-198707000-00001

Abstract

Lithium has been used for many years in the treatment and prophylaxis of affective disorders. Since 1969, evidence has been accumulating in relation to its effectiveness in the control of aggressive behaviour. This review summarizes the published evidence.

Keywords

TREATMENT
PROPHYLAXIS
CONTROL OF AGGRESSIVE
MUTILATING
ACCUMULATING
BEHAVIOUR
LITHIUM
PUBLISHED EVIDENCE