Dr Ken Gillman
Critical independent evaluations in psycho-pharmacology
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AbstractPapers by various research groups have suggested relationships between (inter alia) suicide, dementia, and aggressive behaviour, with the (ultra-low) levels of lithium (Li) in reticulated drinking-water supplies (‘tap-water’). The notion…
A critique of papers claiming associations between lithium in tap water and dementia, depression, aggression based on the false premise that tap-water is a source of dietary lithium.
Abstract This commentary reviews valproate dosage and addresses the question of whether it is under-dosed and under-used in acute mania and hypomania. Even by the conservative standard used as advice…
SummaryThere are many papers, over the last 15 years, reporting that violence and suicide is lower in areas where the natural lithium intake from municipal reticulated tap-water supplies is higher.However, there is…
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