The Possible Thymoleptic Effect of the Lithium Ion

SAMUEL GERSHONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124, Number 10

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.10.1452

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The authors discuss the possibility that lithium is effective not only against manic states, where it is therapeutically active, but against recurrent depressions, where it acts prophylactically. If it indeed acts against both the polar manifestations of manic-depressive psychosis it would be in a unique position among the psychotropic drugs and warrant a more specific appellation as a mood normalizer or "thymoleptic" agent.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124 • Number 10 • April 1968

Pages: 1452 - 1456

PubMed: 5643667

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Published in print: April 1968

Published online: 1 April 2006

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SAMUEL GERSHON

Associate professor of psychiatry and chief, neuropsychopharmacology research unit, department of psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10016

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The Possible Thymoleptic Effect of the Lithium Ion

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