title: Lithium treatment of conduct disorders in adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors examined the efficacy of lithium carbonate for treating conduct disorder in adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were 33 inpatients aged 12-17 years. Lithium or placebo was administered in a double-blind fashion for 2 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On several measures of clinical change the groups showed no significant differences. Of the patients who completed the study, 8.3% of those receiving placebo (one of 12) versus 21.4% (three of 14) of those receiving lithium were considered responders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lithium does not appear beneficial for this indication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Elmhurst City Hospital, Queens, N.Y. USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rifkin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karajgi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dicker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perl
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Boppana
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pollack
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D016651:Lithium Carbonate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D010919:Placebos; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos; D016651:Lithium Carbonate