[Lithium and diabetes insipidus. Theoretical and practical aspects. Therapeutic value of thiazide diuretics (author's transl)].

Lithium is increasingly prescribed by psychiatrists for manic-depressive psychosis and other affective disorders. Therefore, psychiatrists should be familiar with lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Management of this condition is discussed. Thiazide diuretics have a paradoxical antidiuretic effect in lithium-induced diabetes insipidus. For this reason, it is no longer warranted to contraindicate concomitant use of lithium and thiazide diuretics.