Bipolar disorder : a clinician's guide to biological treatments / edited by Lakshmi N. Yatham, Vivek Kusumakar, Stanley P. Kutcher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yatham, Lakshmi N.

Kusumakar, Vivek.

Kutcher, Stan, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bipolar disorder--Chemotherapy.

Bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder--Treatment.

Bipolar Disorder--drug therapy.

Tranquilizing Agents--therapeutic use.

Medical Subjects:

Bipolar Disorder--drug therapy.

Tranquilizing Agents--therapeutic use.

Physical Description:

xvii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

Bipolar Disorder provides clinicians with an extraordinarily well-balanced and comprehensive overview of rational and research-informed contemporary clinical practice in the assessment and medical management of patients with bipolar disorder. With the advent of a new generation of medications, there is a resurgence of interest in the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder. In this essential text, clinicians faced with making choices from a variety of treatments are instructed how to mold their practice around the long-term symptomatic and functional needs of their patients. Focusing on pharmacotherapy, the foundation of symptomatic treatment, Bipolar Disorder provides the latest analysis of data regarding efficacy and safety of medications, along with practical guidelines with which treatment choices can be made.

A scientifically sound and comprehensive guide for physicians, psychiatrists, and other clinicians who find themselves responsible for the care of persons with bipolar disorder, this book illuminates the need for a collaborative multimodal approach to the treatment of this devastating disease.

Contents:

1. Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypomania and Mania / Charles L. Bowden, Vivek Kusumakar, Frank P. MacMaster, Lakshmi N. Yatham 1

2. Treatment of Bipolar Depression / Lakshmi N. Yatham, Vivek Kusumakar, Stanley P. Kutcher 17

3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Rapid Cycling States in Bipolar Disorder / Susan L. McElroy, Paul E. Keck, Jr. 33

4. Maintenance Therapies in Bipolar Affective Disorder / William H. Coryell 59

5. Bipolar Disorder in Young People, the Elderly, and Pregnant Women / Vivek Kusumakar, Frank P. MacMaster, Stanley P. Kutcher, Kenneth I. Shulman 85

6. Bipolar Disorder and Comorbid Axis I Disorders: Diagnosis and Management / Carlos A. Zarate, Jr., Mauricio F. Tohen 115

7. Lithium in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder / Joseph Levine, Jair C. Soares, K. N. Roy Chengappa, Samuel Gershon 139

8. The Role of Atypical Neuroleptics in Bipolar Disorder / Roy H. Perlis, A. Eden Evins, Gary S. Sachs 167

9. Antidepressants in Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Efficacy / Karen Saperson, L. Trevor Young 183

10. Anticonvulsants in Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Efficacy / Lakshmi N. Yatham, Vivek Kusumakar 201

11. Somatic Treatments for Bipolar Disorder / Raymond W. Lam, Anthanasios P. Zis, A. Dooley Goumeniouk 241

12. Psychotropic Medications in Bipolar Disorder: Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, Drug Interactions, Adverse Effects, and Their Management / Terence A. Ketter, Po W. Wang, Xiaohua Li 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415933900

OCLC:

48917910