http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/opinion/sunday/should-we-all-take-a-bit-of-lithium.html?_r=1

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Should We All Take a Bit of Lithium? So asks Dr. Fels in this provocative and clever New York Times essay.

This we know: Lithium is an incredible mood stabilizer for people with Bipolar Affective Disorder. Lithium has anti-suicidal properties; Lithium slows cell apoptosis (programmed cell death) in the brain; Lithium works as an antidepressant. As Dr. Fels notes: “its efficacy in mood disorders and suicide prevention has been documented as well as or better than virtually any other psychotropic medication.”

So… should we all be taking it? Continue reading