meta_analysis
    2021
    High Quality

    The association between lithium in drinking water and neuropsychiatric outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis from across 2678 regions containing 113 million people

    Eyre-Watt B, Mahendran E, Suetani S

    Published in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

    Key Findings

    Associations between water lithium and suicide or psychiatric outcomes were small, inconsistent and highly heterogeneous.

    Conclusions

    Weakens confidence in the trace-lithium hypothesis.

    Limitations

    Ecological data, extreme heterogeneity.

    Supplements Studied

    Associations between lithium in drinking water and neuropsychiatric outcomes were small, inconsistent and highly heterogeneous.

    Study Details

    Year:2021
    Quality Score:8/10

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