• Am J Psychiatry · Apr 1997

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    Lithium treatment of conduct disorders in adolescents.

    • A Rifkin, B Karajgi, R Dicker, E Perl, V Boppana, N Hasan, and S Pollack.
    • Department of Psychiatry, Elmhurst City Hospital, Queens, N.Y. USA.
    • Am J Psychiatry. 1997 Apr 1; 154 (4): 554-5.

    ObjectiveThe authors examined the efficacy of lithium carbonate for treating conduct disorder in adolescents.MethodThe subjects were 33 inpatients aged 12-17 years. Lithium or placebo was administered in a double-blind fashion for 2 weeks.ResultsOn 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.ConclusionsLithium does not appear beneficial for this indication.

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