The antidepressant response was not enhanced in those who received adjunctive lithium, an analysis indicated. A team led by 2009 BBRF Young Investigator Susannah J. Tye, Ph.D., of the Mayo Clinic ...

Quetiapine (Seroquel) was more clinically effective than lithium as a first-line augmentation option in treatment-resistant depression and likely was more cost-effective, a pragmatic multicenter ...

A randomized clinical trial found that low-dose lithium aspartate did not improve cognitive dysfunction or fatigue in long ...

Doctors may prescribe lithium, an antimanic drug, or an antipsychotic drug -- or a combination of both -- in order to alleviate symptoms of depression without triggering a manic episode.

Traditional antidepressants are considered "experimental" for treating bipolar depression in that none has been proven to be more effective than a placebo (sugar pill) in bipolar I disorder.

"Compared with lithium, quetiapine might be a more appropriate first-line augmentation for many people with treatment-resistant depression. Future research should investigate predictors of ...

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at the effect of combining existing antidepressants with an antipsychotic or the mood-stabilizing drug lithium, compared to ...

Most antidepressant medications could cause a ... He said that patients with bipolar disorder may also be taking lithium bicarbonate. “Lithium has blood levels, if that blood level goes up ...

lithium, or another antidepressant agent, or a switch to a different class of agent. Referral for a psychiatric evaluation for consideration of electroconvulsive therapy or other treatment is ...

In this phase, patients taking antidepressants such as Prozac, Lexapro and Zoloft were treated with lithium or nortriptyline -- medications that were widely used before those other, newer ...

Augmentation was more effective with quetiapine than lithium for treatment-resistant depression in a pragmatic trial. Quetiapine also improved quality-adjusted life years more than lithium.