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Lithium Withdrawal Triggers Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. Margo  and
P. McMahon
A. Margo
Affiliation:
Goodmayes Hospital, Essex; and Honorary Research Worker, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
P. McMahon
Affiliation:
Goodmayes Hospital, Essex
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Summary

Four healthy people on lithium for manic depressive liability relapsed within 14 days of the drug being secretly replaced by placebo. Their new manic attacks were at least as severe as any of their previous episodes.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 4 , October 1982 , pp. 407 - 410
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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