Despite the remarkable increase in medications validated as effective in bipolar disorder,
treatment is still plagued by inadequate response in acute manic or depressive episodes or …

The current statement is a systematic review of the available data concerning the efficacy of
medication treatment of bipolar disorder (BP). A systematic MEDLINE search was made …

Objectives: Among the well‐established treatments for bipolar disorder (BPD), lithium
continues to offer an unusually broad spectrum of benefits that may include reduction of …

Background Uncertainty exists regarding the prevalence and clinical features associated
with the practice of polypharmacy in bipolar disorder (BD), warranting a systematic review …

Background: The process and outcome of a consensus conference to develop revised
algorithms for treatment of bipolar disorder to be implemented in the public mental health …

Objectives To determine changes in prescribing patterns in primary care of antipsychotic
and mood stabiliser medication in a representative sample of patients with bipolar disorder …

Background: Many patients with bipolar disorder receive multi-drug treatment regimens, but
the distinguishing profiles of patients who receive complex pharmacologies have not been …

Objective: Bipolar disorder is associated with the highest rates of substance abuse of any
psychiatric illness. Therefore, treatments that stabilize mood and decrease drug use or …

Objectives: Longitudinal studies are an optimal approach to investigating the highly variable
course and outcome associated with bipolar disorder, but are expensive and often have …

Objective: This study assessed patterns of psychopharmacological treat-ment for bipolar
disorder. Method: Intake treatment data were examined for the first 500 patients in the …