Lithium has emerged as a promising therapeutic option for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), conduct disorder, and intellectual disability (ID), offering multiple benefits across behavioral, neurological, and cognitive domains. For children with ASD, lithium has been shown to significantly reduce irritability, aggression, and self-injurious behaviors, with a retrospective study finding that 73.7% of patients with moderate to severe ASD experienced improvement in maladaptive behaviors when treated with lithium carbonate [1]

1. Mintz M, Hollenberg E. Revisiting Lithium: Utility for Behavioral Stabilization in Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Psychopharmacol Bull. (Phone number can only be seen by the question and answer creators). Available at: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov