title: [Lithium as founding the concept of endogenous mental disease].
abstract: The abnormal life--potentially the death--of the cell can be restored by a metalloid--lithium--which is nearly as common as sodium in the mineral world. This established fact grounds indirectly, contrary to apparent and scientific logic, the concept of endogenous brain disease which was until then an abstract concept because of a lack of objective evidence. Seven case reports are described.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Universitaire de Psychiatrie, C.H.U.-H.R.D., Reims, France.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Pascalis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Théret
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brochier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium
vernacular_title: Le lithium fonde le concept de maladie mentale endogène.