The addition of an antidepressant to a mood stabilizer did not add any benefit for patients with bipolar depression, according to an NIMH-sponsored research project reported in April in the New England Journal of Medicine. In the multicenter study, adding an antidepressant to the regimen also did not increase affective switching to mania. More »
SAN DIEGO -- Antidepressants are widely used to treat depression in bipolar disorder, despite their lack of approval for the indication and limited evidence of efficacy and safety, investigators reported here. More »
SAN DIEGO -- When attention deficit hyperactivity disorder meets bipolar disorder in an adult, the diagnosis is hard and the course is poorly understood but the co-morbidity appears to exacerbate matters, researchers said here. More »
SAN DIEGO -- Antidepressants are widely used to treat depression in bipolar disorder, despite their lack of approval for the indication and limited evidence of efficacy and safety, investigators reported here. More »
SAN DIEGO -- When attention deficit hyperactivity disorder meets bipolar disorder in an adult, the diagnosis is hard and the course is poorly understood but the co-morbidity appears to exacerbate matters, researchers said here. More »
Three-D MR imaging has led to new insights concerning the relationship between dysfunctional gray matter and the physiological effects of lithium therapy for bipolar disorders. The findings were reported in April in an online version of the journal Biological Psychiatry.More »
Childhood bipolar disorder is a devastating illness that affects emotional, social, and cognitive development. In recent years, increased attention devoted to the study of bipolar disorder in childhood has resulted in greater information regarding the cause, phenomenology, and treatment of the disorder. More »
At the conclusion of a session on neuropsychological processing in bipolar disorder at last summer's meeting in Edinburgh of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, a member of the audience thanked the panel for publicizing the cognitive deficits associated with bipolar disorder. As an advocate for and an individual with bipolar affective disorder, the woman claimed that while mental health professionals are focused on treating mood symptoms, only rarely do they consider the impact of... More »
