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New Drug Developments for Bipolar Mania

While challenges in treating bipolar disorder persist, the future discovery of novel therapeutic agents will likely expand our understanding of this devastating illness and provide key insights into future drug development.

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Bipolar I Disorder

Dr Ghaemi's Top Paper of the Year: BALANCE

September 12, 2010 | Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder
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Is combination therapy with lithium and valproate more effective in preventing relapses in patients with bipolar I disorder than monotherapy with either drug alone?

Bipolar Disorder Quiz

August 18, 2010 | Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder

According to the 2009 Roundtable on Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents, a diagnosis of pediatric bipolar I disorder should be considered dependent on what factors? This and more in this week's quiz.

New Algorithms for the Management of Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression

November 09, 2009 | Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder
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Current guidelines for the management of bipolar depression are outdated because they are based on the definition and treatment of unipolar depression, according to Eduard Vieta, MD, PhD, director of the bipolar disorders program at the University Clinic Hospital of Barcelona, Spain. Dr Vieta led a study to create new definitions and algorithms for the management of treatment-resistant bipolar I and bipolar II depression.

Blood Tests for Bipolar I Disorder: Quite a Future Indeed

September 01, 2008 | Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective, Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders, Bipolar I Disorder
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In this column, I will discuss new progress on this Internet-boosted line of inquiry. I will begin with a few basics about differential gene expression and microarrays and will then move on to something that researchers are calling “convergent functional genomics.” As you shall see, the clever use of online databases both confirmed and extended the work done at the bench.

Antidepressants for Bipolar Disorder

June 01, 2008 | Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorders, Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder, Depression, Mania, Major Depressive Disorder
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What is the effectiveness (if any) of antidepressants in bipolar depression? What is the risk of manic switching? How effective are antidepressants in preventing relapse of bipolar depression? Insights here.

Are Assessment and Treatment Influenced by Ethnicity and Gender?

October 01, 2003 | ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Comorbidity In Psychiatry, Attention Deficit Disorders, Bipolar I Disorder, Mania, Addiction
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Results from three statewide studies of the clinical practices for assessing and treating children and adolescents with a primary diagnosis of conduct disorder, ADHD or bipolar I disorder demonstrate gender and ethnic differences only for those diagnosed with conduct disorder. The implications of these findings and their similarities to the literature on adults with psychiatric disorders are discussed.

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