[The lithium test, test of endogenous criteria].
The lithium-test (Li-T) requests hospitalisation of the patient, administration of Li to obtain a plasma/level of at the lust 0, 8 mEq/l, since the third to the eight day. It improve depressions, acute delusions, pseudo-dementias: the field of the lithiodépendent endogenic diseases as to be enlarged. The Li-T may distinguish between this lithiodependence of the other, non-lithiodépendent, in dysthymic psychotic disorders.
Clinique Psychiatrique, CHU-HRD, Reims, France.
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D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D012008:Recurrence
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D008094:Lithium
Le test au lithium, test d'endogénéités.