Am J Psychiatry 1980; 137:1042-1046
Copyright © 1980 by American Psychiatric Association
Effects of lithium carbonate on memory and other cognitive functions
LR Squire, LL Judd, DS Janowsky and LY Huey
The authors studied the effects of lithium carbonate on memory and
cognitive function in 16 psychiatric patients, who received lithium for 2
weeks and placebo for 2 weeks in a double-blind cross-over design. At the
end of each treatment phase, subjects were administered a battery of memory
and cognitive tests. As reported previously, lithium induced slowing of
performance on certain of the perceptual motor tests; however, lithium did
not cause memory impairment or a change in self- assessment of memory
functions.
