Bipolar Disorder

Researchers identified 298 genetic regions linked to bipolar disorder risk in the largest study of its kind.

Comorbid bipolar disorder and ADHD: a big problem.

How has bipolar treatment changed over the past 40 years? The celebration of 40 years of Psychiatric Times continues at the Real Psychiatry conference.

The top 3 issues in treating bipolar disorder are...

Bipolar I disorder (BD-I) can be difficult to diagnose and treat due to overlapping symptoms and stigma. What can clinicians utilize to help manage BD-I for better long-term outcomes?

In this CME article, learn more about recent developments with lithium as they relate to renal issues.

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Let’s compare treatment risks when managing mixed states.

Can "healing" life trauma help improve bipolar disorder symptoms?

Here are 4 means of coping with the diagnostic uncertainty of bipolar mixed states.

How can you distinguish bipolar mixed states? Stay tuned in this short series.

Learn more about a specific subset of mood disorders.

A refined rTMS protocol, the Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy for major depressive disorder, shows promise in bipolar disorder.

“Older medications” like ECT, lithium, second generation antipsychotics such as the olanzapine/fluoxetine combination, have proven efficacy.

As a treatment, low-dose lithium can act like a bridge between medications and integrative approaches, supporting well-being with reduced adverse effects.

The context and timing of symptoms is critical for a timely and accurate bipolar diagnosis.

Antidepressants posed "negligible" risk of inducing mania in bipolar depression, in a target trial emulation with a larger cohort than in RCTs that have assessed this effect.

A poster presented at the 2024 ASCP Annual Meeting discussed the results of a study analyzing the treatment’s safety and efficacy in this patient population.

An expert discusses the potential of smartphones as treatment measurement tools at the 2024 ASCP Annual Meeting.

An expert discusses the role of cognition in bipolar disorder and the potential of modafinil as a treatment for it at the 2024 ASCP Annual Meeting.

An expert shares some lessons learned from prior research on the treatment and suggestions for a way forward at the 2024 ASCP Annual Meeting.

How can we enhance our lithium research?

An expert shares some clinical pearls from his lecture at the recent American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

Here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

Here are highlights from the second day of this year’s APA Annual Meeting.