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In an eight-year study of more than 50,000 people with bipolar disorder, researchers found that the risk of attempted or completed suicide was reduced significantly when the patients were treated…
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![Shrinking of Hippocampus in Bipolar Disorder Patients](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/brainwireframe-1440_3.jpg?itok=dl3xXUR5)
In the first neuroimaging study of its kind, scientists show that long-term lithium treatment for bipolar disorder can positively influence the volume of the brain’s hippocampus in elderly patients.…
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![Large Study Ties Genes to Variable Lithium Response in Bipolar Disorder](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/colorfulpattern-1440_2.jpg?itok=S32Z4RHM)
Lithium is a first-line treatment for bipolar disorder. But it only works well for about one-third of patients. The variation in response is partly due to genetic factors.
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