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Therapeutic Trial of Lithium Carbonate

K. Michael Lipkin, MD; Jarl Dyrud, MD; George G. Meyer, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1970;22(3):262-267.

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DURING an investigational new drug study of lithium ion in manic-depressive illness and recurrent depressive disorders we have encountered certain observations which have highlighted the problems of the differential diagnosis of mania and led us to consider a therapeutic trial of lithium carbonate in certain cases when the diagnosis is in doubt.

It has been noted that between 15% and 25% of manic-depressive patients may have hallucinations of delusions^1,2 and that in such cases confusion with schizophrenic illness can and does occur. Delusions are not uncommon, but hallucinations are considered rare except in so-called "delirious mania.''^3,4 Acute manic episodes may be mistaken for acute paranoid reactions, especially when instead of manic exaltation the manic person breaks out with hostile aggression, becomes haughty, and complains wildly about the way he is treated.⁵ A well-developed paranoid trend may exist.⁶ In a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Chicago

From the Department of Psychiatry, the University of Chicago. Dr. Meyer is currently at the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept 24, 1969.

Read before the Research Seminar, Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, April 24, 1969.

Reprint requests to University of Chicago, 950 E 59th St, Chicago 60637 (Dr. Lipkin).

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