3 ms·

(1990) Anyone know of newer research on this topic?

olliej 8y ago
oof, yeah that's questionable if it hasn't had an update since then. It's dangerously in the realm of things that sound plausible, and so are believed blindly. (Speed in water supply improves productivity, PCP in water increases crime, Dihydrogen Monoxide in the water supply causes drowning)
- droithomme 8y ago
  Good point. 30 yr old study announcing dramatic findings with no subsequent replication studies. Reasonable to look at it with caution.
  - samat 8y ago
    There are multiple studies referenced on the bloody same page linked by OP: 2018 'We found that lithium levels were significantly and negatively associated with SMR averages for 2002–2006' https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/lithium-levels-in-drinking-water-and-risk-of-suicide/7C18AC894A0141D3D89B27282AF35DB2 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-... 2017 "After adjusting for confounder (the number of women for 1,000 men), the lithium level remained statistically significant in men, but not in women." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315599920_Lithium_levels_in_the_public_drinking_water_supply_and_risk_of_suicide_A_pilot_study https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315599920_Lithium_l... 2015 "Lithium concentrations and local suicide rates were not significantly inversely related, except in 1980-1989, particularly among women" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280581760_Relationships_of_local_lithium_concentrations_in_drinking_water_to_regional_suicide_rates_in_Italy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280581760_Relations... etc.,etc. But there is a better review here https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/24/18010592/future-perfect-podcast-lithium-drinking-water-suicide https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/24/18010592/futur...
wilkes 8y ago
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/lithium-levels-in-drinking-water-and-risk-of-suicide/7C18AC894A0141D3D89B27282AF35DB2 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-...
- acct1771 8y ago
  The below comments are misinformed, thanks.

oof, yeah that's questionable if it hasn't had an update since then. It's dangerously in the realm of things that sound plausible, and so are believed blindly. (Speed in water supply improves productivity, PCP in water increases crime, Dihydrogen Monoxide in the water supply causes drowning)

droithomme 8y ago
Good point. 30 yr old study announcing dramatic findings with no subsequent replication studies. Reasonable to look at it with caution.
- samat 8y ago
  There are multiple studies referenced on the bloody same page linked by OP: 2018 'We found that lithium levels were significantly and negatively associated with SMR averages for 2002–2006' https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/lithium-levels-in-drinking-water-and-risk-of-suicide/7C18AC894A0141D3D89B27282AF35DB2 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-... 2017 "After adjusting for confounder (the number of women for 1,000 men), the lithium level remained statistically significant in men, but not in women." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315599920_Lithium_levels_in_the_public_drinking_water_supply_and_risk_of_suicide_A_pilot_study https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315599920_Lithium_l... 2015 "Lithium concentrations and local suicide rates were not significantly inversely related, except in 1980-1989, particularly among women" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280581760_Relationships_of_local_lithium_concentrations_in_drinking_water_to_regional_suicide_rates_in_Italy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280581760_Relations... etc.,etc. But there is a better review here https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/24/18010592/future-perfect-podcast-lithium-drinking-water-suicide https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/24/18010592/futur...

wilkes 8y ago

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/lithium-levels-in-drinking-water-and-risk-of-suicide/7C18AC894A0141D3D89B27282AF35DB2 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-...

acct1771 8y ago
The below comments are misinformed, thanks.