The New York Times reports people who live in areas with naturally occurring lithium in their water supplies are significantly less likely to commit suicide. Other studies show fewer homicides and rapes in such areas. And it may have the ability to reduce the likelihood of senile dementia.
The amount of lithium in the water supplies was much lower than the therapeutic doses utilized in bi-polar disease and depression. There hasn't been much research confirming these findings because there is no profit in it to drug companies, since lithium is an element occurring in nature.
