The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders

I Pacchiarotti, DJ Bond, RJ Baldessarini… - American Journal of …, 2013 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective The risk-benefit profile of antidepressant medications in bipolar disorder is
controversial. When conclusive evidence is lacking, expert consensus can guide treatment …

Neuroprotective effects of lithium: implications for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders

OV Forlenza, VJR De-Paula… - ACS chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Lithium is a well-established therapeutic option for the acute and long-term management of
bipolar disorder and major depression. More recently, based on findings from translational …

The role of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in bipolar disorder: effectiveness in 522 patients with bipolar depression, mixed-state, mania and catatonic features

G Perugi, P Medda, C Toni, MG Mariani… - Current …, 2017 - benthamdirect.com
Objective: We evaluated the effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in the
treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BD) in a large sample of bipolar patients with drug resistant …

The risk of switch to mania in patients with bipolar disorder during treatment with an antidepressant alone and in combination with a mood stabilizer

A Viktorin, P Lichtenstein, ME Thase… - American Journal of …, 2014 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective This study examined the risk of antidepressant-induced manic switch in patients
with bipolar disorder treated either with antidepressant monotherapy or with an …

Treatment-resistant bipolar depression: a randomized controlled trial of electroconvulsive therapy versus algorithm-based pharmacological treatment

HK Schoeyen, U Kessler… - American Journal of …, 2015 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is regarded by many clinicians as the most
effective treatment for treatment-resistant bipolar depression, but no randomized controlled …

The science and practice of lithium therapy

GS Malhi, M Tanious, P Das… - Australian & New …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Despite more that 60 years of clinical experience, the effective use of lithium for
the treatment of mood disorder, in particular bipolarity, is in danger of becoming obsolete. In …

The International College of Neuro-Psychopharmacology (CINP) treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder in adults (CINP-BD-2017), part 2: review, grading of the …

KN Fountoulakis, L Yatham, H Grunze… - International Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background: The current paper includes a systematic search of the literature, a detailed
presentation of the results, and a grading of treatment options in terms of efficacy and …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical practice guidelines for management of bipolar disorder

N Shah, S Grover, GP Rao - Indian journal of psychiatry, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Bipolar disorder (BPAD) is a serious mental disorder characterized by episodes of
depression, hypomania/mania and mixed episodes, with interepisodic recovery. However …

Psychoeducation in bipolar disorder with a SIMPLe smartphone application: feasibility, acceptability and satisfaction

D Hidalgo-Mazzei, A Mateu, M Reinares… - Journal of Affective …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background During the last fifteen years, the possibility of delivering psychoeducation
programs through Internet-based platforms have been explored. Studies evaluating those …