Bipolar Disorder – What is it?
This past week, we were discussing bipolar disorder. From this broader topic, our group spent quite a bit of time discussing whether or not it should be consid...
Tag: Lithium
My Cousin, Bipolar Disorder, and the Stereotypes of Mental Illness
Bipolar disorder is a disease that most people in the general public have heard about but had little experience with. For me, it is a disease that I find extre...
Lithium does things?
What do you think of when you first hear the word lithium? To be perfectly honest, before I read this article on lithium, the most that popped into my h...
Mystery and Motivation
Lithium has been used to treat bipolar disorder for nearly half a century now, even though lithium’s therapeutic mechanism has remained an enigma. No one is ab...
The search for a wonder drug…
Have you ever wondered if there is a wonder drug? A drug that does really anything and everything? Something that you can take and it will ensure your health fo...
Lithium: Still a little sketchy…
Sometimes, it’s amazing (and a little bit terrifying) to think about how little we know about a medication before it hits the market and is given to patients. ...
Lithium, More than Just Your Average Alkali Metal
With the atomic number 3, lithium is widely known as an alkali metal in the scientific community. However, when you move into the medical world, lithium is know...
Is Lithium the Missing Element?
For those of us science nerds out there Lithium is known simply as an alkali metal with the atomic number 3. In the medical world, however, lithium has served a...
Lithium: Too Much of a Good Thing
Many people have heard of using lithium as a treatment for bipolar disorder, but many people don’t know how it works in the brain to help cope w...
Searching for a Solution
Lithium has been used to help treat a variety of mental disorders. The pathway lithium takes to help keep cells from undergoing apoptosis involves many factors....