Bipolar Disorder
Evidence-Based Reviews
Pediatric bipolar disorder: Mood swings, irritability are cues to this diagnosis
Our challenge is to make the diagnosis early and stabilize mood so that these young patients can cope and achieve at home and in school.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Rediscovering the art of lithium therapy
Lithium is not a fad whose time came and went. It is a valuable medication that belongs in our arsenal for bipolar disorder.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Rediscovering the art of lithium therapy
Lithium is not a fad whose time came and went. It is a valuable medication that belongs in our arsenal for bipolar disorder.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Update on bipolar disorder: How to better predict response to maintenance therapy
What does current evidence show regarding maintenance treatment with lithium, divalproex, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, or other agents? How well...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: Which therapies are most effective?
Do antidepressants help the patient or exacerbate treatment-refractory depression in the context of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder? Is lithium...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: Which therapies are most effective?
Do antidepressants help the patient or exacerbate treatment-refractory depression in the context of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder? Is lithium...
Pearls
Making the difficult diagnosis of bipolar disorder in the school-age child
Pearls
Making the difficult diagnosis of bipolar disorder in the school-age child
Evidence-Based Reviews
Antiepileptic drugs for bipolar disorder: Are there any clear winners?
Carbamazepine and valproate are effective in treating various aspects of bipolar disorder. Now seven more antiepileptics present possible...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Antipsychotics and mood disorders: A complicated alliance
Neuroleptics have played an important but controversial role in mood disorder treatment. Novel antipsychotic agents may represent a significant...