Abstract Background and Objective Psychotropic drugs are a heterogenous group of
treatments prescribed for many psychiatric disorders, often for long periods. Their effects on …

Lithium is a commonly prescribed treatment for bipolar disorder. Many early studies on
which its use has been historically based no longer meet current research standards. A …

Background Lithium is a widely used and highly effective treatment for mood disorders, but
causes poorly characterised adverse effects in kidney and endocrine systems. We aimed to …

For over half a century, it has been widely known that lithium is the most efficacious
maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder. Despite thorough research on the long-term …

Objectives Lithium is a mainstay of bipolar disorder treatment, however, there are still
differences in opinion on the effects of lithium use on renal function. The aim of this analysis …

AIMS: Group B streptococcal (GBS) disease is the leading cause of early-onset neonatal
sepsis in New Zealand. Disease follows vertical transmission of GBS from the mother, which …

Introduction: Kidney disease remains one of the last worldwide frontiers in the field of non-
communicable human disease. From 1990 to 2013, chronic kidney disease (CKD) was the …

Lithium is an established treatment for bipolar disorder and an augmenting agent for
treatment-resistant depression. Despite awareness of renal adverse effects, including …

Lithium is an important medication in the treatment of mood disorders. However, clinicians
are hesitant to use lithium in older adults for fear of its medical effects, particularly kidney …

Objective: Lithium is an essential mood disorder treatment; however, it remains unclear
whether lithium increases chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk. There are few data on this in …