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Lithium urinary levels and suicide mortality rate in Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorCainé, Laura
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Agostinho
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Agostinho
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-07T12:16:05Z
dc.date.available2023-03-07T12:16:05Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-06
dc.descriptionResumo de Poster apresentado no Congresso Internacional "As Métricas, a Comunicação Científica e a Inovação Pedagógica", Porto, 7 e 8 de abril de 2022pt_PT
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Suicide is a major public health problem, estimated to be the cause of death of more than 700.000 people a year worldwide. Lithium is not considered an essential physiological element. However, a high dietary intake of lithium has been associated with beneficial effects, particular, a decrease in the suicide rate, possibly due to lithium having a known therapeutic role in bipolar disorder [1]. Objectives: To assess the existing scientific evidence on the relation between lithium levels in drinking water and the suicide rate in distinct world regions. Methods: An exhaustive literature search on the topic was carried out on PubMed, between January and February 2022. Results: In the majority of the published studies, the suicide mortality rate was shown to be inversely related to lithium levels in drinking water. However, this relation was not observed in some studies, including in Portugal. Additionally, it seems that a minimum concentration of 30 μg/L is the threshold from which such relation is observed [2,3,4,5]. Conclusions: An inverse relation has been demonstrated between the lithium concentration in drinking water and the suicide mortality rate. Portugal presented itself as one of the exceptions. The main limitation of these studies (ecological studies) is that they assume a correlation between the concentration of lithium in drinking water and the intake of lithium. However, other sources may be important. The determination of urinary lithium levels could represent an advance in addressing the issue of the possible protective effect of lithium concerning the tendency to suicide, by allowing a more realistic determination of lithium intake by the general population.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationGonçalves, C., Almeida, A., Cainé, L., & Santos, A. (2022). Lithium urinary levels and suicide mortality rate in Portugal. RevSALUS - Revista Científica Da Rede Académica Das Ciências Da Saúde Da Lusofonia, 4(Sup). 151pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.51126/revsalus.v4iSup.382pt_PT
dc.identifier.issnISSN: 2184-4860
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/44027
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewednopt_PT
dc.subjectlithiumpt_PT
dc.subjectSuicidept_PT
dc.subjectUrinary levelspt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titleLithium urinary levels and suicide mortality rate in Portugalpt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceCoimbra, Portugalpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage151pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue4(sup)pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage151pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleRevista Científica Internacional da Rede Académica das Ciências da Saúde da Lusofoniapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume151pt_PT
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person.givenNameLaura
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