Lithium — the full guide
The complete clinician guide to lithium, free from the paywalled library: dosing, monitoring, the therapeutic window, drug interactions, toxicity, and the salt-and-hydration rules that matter most.
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Free samples from the Psychofarm library — one full prescriber's guide, plus a practical sleep-and-mood guide anyone can use.
Sleep Control for Mood Disorders
A step-by-step guide to using regular sleep, morning light, and evening darkness as mood stabilizers, with dawn simulators, light therapy, and dark therapy explained, plus vetted product picks. Adapted from Jim Phelps, MD.
Read the guideBehavioral Activation
Act first, feel better later: the evidence-based depression skill of using small, planned actions to change mood. Part 1 teaches the ideas and the mindset shift; Part 2 walks through the steps.
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Print-ready patient handouts
Three free samples from the patient-handout library — two-page, plain-language PDFs to hand to a patient and talk through together. See the full library →
Lithium
What it's for, how to take it, blood tests and hydration, warning signs, and the interactions to watch — for patients starting or taking lithium.
Open the handoutSertraline (Zoloft)
A plain-language handout for the most-prescribed SSRI — what to expect in the first weeks, side effects, missed doses, and when to call.
Open the handoutPhenelzine (Nardil)
The MAOI handout — including the tyramine food rules, the medicines to avoid, and the safety points patients most need spelled out clearly.
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