THE Government should consider adding lithium salts to tap water in an effort to lower depression rates, a consultant psychiatrist has suggested. Former Clare TD, Dr Moosajee Bhamjee, cited British Journal of Psychiatry research from Austria which found that “geographic…

A consultant psychiatrist last night called on Government to add lithium salts to the public water supply in a bid to lower the suicide rate and depression among the general population. At a mental health forum on “Depression in Rural…