The Essential Guide to Lithium Treatment
暫譯: 鋰治療的基本指南

本書是一本實用且最新的指南，針對鋰在短期和長期治療情緒障礙的正確使用進行說明。書中探討的主題包括鋰的藥理學及其作用機制、鋰在維持治療中的使用、鋰在治療躁鬱症和抑鬱症及預防自殺中的角色、其他臨床適應症、鋰在懷孕及產後期間的使用，以及不良反應及其管理。書中還提供了有關情緒障礙的診斷、分類和自然病程的相關背景資訊，並包含對雙相情緒障礙和重度抑鬱症其他治療方法的概述。鋰是情緒障礙患者的基本藥物。其在維持治療中的療效已被所有主要國際雙相情緒障礙治療指導方針所認可，當正確使用時，鋰無疑能帶來精神藥理學中任何藥物最顯著的益處。本書由兩位在情緒障礙治療方面的國際專家撰寫，他們在鋰的使用上擁有超過25年的經驗，並撰寫了多篇有關鋰的科學文章。

Michael Bauer, MD, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden, in Germany, where he is also Physician-in-Chief at the Psychiatric Hospital and Outpatient Clinics of the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus. He received his medical degree from Freie Universität Berlin School of Medicine and a PhD in molecular biology and biochemistry from Freie Universität Berlin. He is the editor together with Prof. Paul Grof and Prof Bruno-Mueller-Oerlinghausen of the definitive scientific textbook "Lithium in Neuropsychiatry-The Comprehensive Guide" (from 2006), and has authored and coauthored more than 400 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet, Molecular Psychiatry and The American Journal of Psychiatry, and books in the field of mood disorders. He is President of the International Group for the Study of Lithium-Treated Patients (IGSLi), chairs the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry's (WFSBP) Task Force on Treatment Guidelines for Unipolar Depressive Disorders, and is project coordinator of the National consortium for the German Treatment Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder, and leads the National Research Network on Bipolar Disoder "BipoLife". He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Bipolar Disorders and Pharmacopsychiatry and editor of Der Nervenarzt.

Michael J. Gitlin, M.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine. He is currently the Director of the Adult Division in the Department of Psychiatry, Medical Director of the Neuropsychiatric Behavioral Health Services and Director of the Mood Disorders Clinic. From 1980 until 2004, he was the Medical Director of the Aftercare Clinic, a research clinic in schizophrenia. He is the author of many scientific articles and book chapters as well as four books, including: two editions of a solo authored psychopharmacology textbook written for nonphysician therapists entitled "The Psychotherapist's Guide to Psychopharmacology" published by the Free Press, the coauthor of "Psychotropic Drugs and Women" with Dr. Victoria Hendrick and the coauthor of "Clinician's Guide to Bipolar Disorder: Integrating Pharmacology with Psychotherapy", with Dr. David Miklowitz. He served as Chief of Staff at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital from 1997-1999. Among his awards are: Distinguished Educator Award in Teaching from the UCLA Department of Psychiatry (1999), Outstanding Housestaff Teaching Award, 1994 and 2008, Teacher of the Year from the Psychiatric Times in 2002; Dadone Clinical Teaching award from the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2010; and the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award from the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2010.

邁克爾·鮑爾醫學博士，哲學博士，為德國德累斯頓工業大學醫學院精神醫學教授及精神醫學與心理治療系執行主席，同時擔任卡爾·古斯塔夫·卡魯斯大學醫院精神病院及門診診所的首席醫師。他在柏林自由大學醫學院獲得醫學學位，並在柏林自由大學獲得分子生物學和生物化學的博士學位。他與保羅·格羅夫教授及布魯諾·穆勒-奧爾林豪森教授共同編輯了權威科學教科書《鋰在神經精神病學中的應用：綜合指南》（2006年），並撰寫及共同撰寫了超過400篇發表於同行評審期刊的文章，包括The Lancet、Molecular Psychiatry及The American Journal of Psychiatry，以及有關情緒障礙的書籍。他是國際鋰治療患者研究小組（IGSLi）的主席，擔任世界生物精神醫學學會（WFSBP）單極性抑鬱症治療指導方針工作小組的主席，並擔任德國雙相情感障礙治療指導方針國家聯盟的專案協調員，還領導國家雙相情感障礙研究網絡「BipoLife」。他是國際雙相情感障礙期刊及藥物精神醫學的主編，以及Der Nervenarzt的編輯。

邁克爾·J·吉特林醫學博士，為加州大學洛杉磯分校（UCLA）醫學院臨床精神醫學教授。他目前擔任精神醫學系成人部門主任、神經精神行為健康服務的醫療主任及情緒障礙診所主任。從1980年到2004年，他擔任精神分裂症研究診所的醫療主任。他是多篇科學文章及書籍章節的作者，並著有四本書，包括：兩版為非醫師治療師撰寫的獨著精神藥理學教科書《心理治療師的精神藥理學指南》，由Free Press出版，與維多利亞·亨德里克博士共同撰寫的《精神藥物與女性》，以及與大衛·米克洛維茨博士共同撰寫的《臨床醫師的雙相情感障礙指南：藥理學與心理治療的整合》。他於1997年至1999年擔任神經精神醫院的幕僚長。他的獲獎項目包括：1999年UCLA精神醫學系的傑出教育者教學獎、1994年及2008年的傑出住院醫師教學獎、2002年精神醫學時報的年度教師獎；2010年UCLA格芬醫學院的Dadone臨床教學獎；以及2010年UCLA格芬醫學院的Leonard Tow醫學人文獎。