Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sjuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!sjuvax!tmoody From: tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) Newsgroups: net.suicide Subject: Lithium Message-ID: <2454@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 10:48:24 EDT Article-I.D.: sjuvax.2454 Posted: Thu Oct 24 10:48:24 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 08:41:57 EDT Distribution: net Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA. Lines: 8 [] As I understand it, lithium carbonate is used primarily as an anti-manic agent in managing cyclic mood disorders. There could be problems associated with its use by severely depressed individuals. As an anti-manic medication, it is remarkably effective. Manic episodes are as likely to lead to self-destructive behavior as depressive ones.