title: The use of lithium in childhood and adolescence: an overview.
abstract: Identifying those children and adolescents with lithium-responsive behavior disorders is often difficult. Work done in those areas is reviewed with consideration given to diagnostic issues, outcome studies, and the immediate or long-term risks of lithium use in this younger age group. A balance should be struck between potential side effects and the need for proper treatment of potentially devastating illness.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium