Skip to main content
MedVellum
QuestionsVideosPricing

MedVellum

Fellowship exam preparation across every specialty: source-verified topics, questions in every format, and videos.

Product

  • Specialties
  • Questions
  • Videos
  • Exam tools
  • Pricing

Verification & policy

  • Verified register
  • Editorial policy
  • Privacy
  • Terms

Account

  • Sign in
  • Create account
  • Dashboard
  • Account & billing

© 2026 MedVellum. For education only — not a substitute for clinical judgement.

llms.txtPsychiatry LLM catalogSitemap

Psych VivasPsychopharmacology — lithium

Psych Vivas · Psychopharmacology — lithium

Lithium — consultant viva

Fellowship viva covering lithium efficacy, TDM, organ monitoring, interactions, pregnancy, toxicity and EXTRIP.

clinical1 min readVerification in progress

Target exams

FRANZCPMRCPsychABPNMD-DNB
On this page
Study tools

Target exams

FRANZCPMRCPsychABPNMD-DNB
Prompt
Examiner places cards: BALANCE, Cipriani suicide meta, 12-hour trough, NSAID start, McKnight organs, pregnancy first trimester, EXTRIP, older adult lower target.

Station structure

Time: 8–10 minutes. Depth: consultant teaching registrar. Expect named trials, 12-hour trough discipline, organ monitoring (not levels alone), interaction ladder, modern pregnancy absolute-risk framing, and EXTRIP language without inventing one hospital's exact mmol/L as universal law beyond published EXTRIP thresholds.[1][2][6][7]

Psychiatry Fellowship Pro

Continue reading

You have read the opening of this viva. The complete unit — every section and its primary-source references — is part of the Psychiatry Fellowship fellowship library.

Sign in to continueSee pricing
References8ShowHide
  1. [1]Geddes JR, Goodwin GM, Rendell J, et al. Lithium plus valproate combination therapy versus monotherapy for relapse prevention in bipolar I disorder (BALANCE): a randomised open-label trial Lancet, 2010.PMID 20092882
  2. [2]Cipriani A, Hawton K, Stockton S, et al. Lithium in the prevention of suicide in mood disorders: updated systematic review and meta-analysis BMJ, 2013.PMID 23814104
  3. [3]McKnight RF, Adida M, Budge K, et al. Lithium toxicity profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet, 2012.PMID 22265699
  4. [4]Patorno E, Huybrechts KF, Bateman BT, et al. Lithium Use in Pregnancy and the Risk of Cardiac Malformations N Engl J Med, 2017.PMID 28591541
  5. [5]Munk-Olsen T, Liu X, Viktorin A, et al. Maternal and infant outcomes associated with lithium use in pregnancy: an international collaborative meta-analysis of six cohort studies Lancet Psychiatry, 2018.PMID 29929874
  6. [6]Decker BS, Goldfarb DS, Dargan PI, et al. Extracorporeal Treatment for Lithium Poisoning: Systematic Review and Recommendations from the EXTRIP Workgroup Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2015.PMID 25583292
  7. [7]Hiemke C, Bergemann N, Clement HW, et al. Consensus Guidelines for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Neuropsychopharmacology: Update 2017 Pharmacopsychiatry, 2018.PMID 29390205
  8. [8]Gitlin M Lithium side effects and toxicity: prevalence and management strategies Int J Bipolar Disord, 2016.PMID 27900734
Psychiatry Fellowship Pro

$29/ monthor $279 / year

The complete Psychiatry Fellowship library, every exam format, one subscription.

  • Complete library for one chosen specialty
  • Timed MCQ mock exams and spaced review
  • Clinical cases & cross-table vivas
See pricingSign in
PreviousLearning theory and behavioural science — structured clinical vivaFoundations — behavioural scienceNextLong-acting injectable antipsychotics — consultant vivaPsychopharmacology — long-acting injectable antipsychotics