Bipolar treatment can be improved - by focusing less on antidepressants and more on lithium
(WorldNews Health)

Shutterstock Bipolar disorder is a serious condition of mood and behaviour that affects one in 50 people globally. Sufferers swing between episodes of mania (feeling high and overactive) and depression (feeling low, lethargic and hopeless). Sadly, it is estimated that as many as one in ten people with bipolar disorder will die by suicide. In our recent research we used NHS data on more than 23,000 patients in Scotland to assess trends in treating bipolar disorder between 2009 and 2016. Our work was concerned with two main areas: the use of antidepressants and the use of lithium . Antidepressants are effective for moderate to severe depression and probably work by increasing the transmission...