PsychEd episode 52: How to Use Lithium

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Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This short episode covers the basics of CYP450 metabolism as it applies to psychotropic medication.Hosts: Dr. Celine Prell (PGY4), Dr. Angad Singh, (PGY3)Audio Editing: Dr. Celine Prell (PGY4), ...  Show more

Join us as we briefly talk about Lithium, a medication frequently used in psychiatry!

This podcast reviews the pharmaceutical class lithium salts. Drug action and a mnemonic for common side-effects are presented. 

Content covered in this episode includes: [0:38] Question Dissection: A 32 year old female is brought to the E.D. for a suicide attempt by overdose... [3:40] Psychiatry chapter of S2S including questions like: - Why is the duration of symptoms important with psychosis? - List the ...  Show more

In the final episode of our psychopharmacology basics series, we are going to discuss commonly used mood stabilizers including lithium, valproic acid, lamotrigine, carbamazepine, and oxcarbazepine. What conditions are they used for? How do they work? What are their side effect pr ...  Show more