Chris Aiken, MD

Among the topics covered in this year's noteworthy studies: lithium and suicide prevention, mixed depression, and light therapy.

Six patient types to watch for.

A novel protocol lights the way for a promising treatment for bipolar depression.

Not just a nuisance, no-shows are an opportunity to turn things around for patients with bipolar disorder, whose treatment adherence hovers around 60%.

Here: a plethora of treatment options, including mood-lifting stabilizers, non-antidepressants, psychotherapy, and lifestyle interventions.

This treatment is so implausible that scientists first used it as a placebo-before discovering it actually worked.

Functional remediation therapy addresses the cognitive problems of the nearly 50% of patients who remain impaired even when euthymic.

A rare glimpse into the bipolar life, where behavioral markers often come in 3’s.

For up to 60% of patients with bipolar disorder, simply treating their mood symptoms is not enough to help them return to a full life.