Bipolar psychopharmacotherapy : caring for the patient / editors Hagop S. Akiskal and Mauricio Tohen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akiskal, Hagop S.

Tohen, Mauricio.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bipolar disorder--Chemotherapy.

Bipolar disorder.

Lithium--Therapeutic use.

Lithium.

Antipsychotic drugs.

Psychopharmacology.

Bipolar Disorder--drug therapy.

Anticonvulsants--therapeutic use.

Antimanic Agents--therapeutic use.

Antipsychotic Agents--therapeutic use.

Bipolar Disorder--prevention & control.

Medical Subjects:

Bipolar Disorder--drug therapy.

Anticonvulsants--therapeutic use.

Antimanic Agents--therapeutic use.

Antipsychotic Agents--therapeutic use.

Bipolar Disorder--prevention & control.

Physical Description:

xiv, 399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2006]

Contents:

The scope of bipolar disorders / Hagop S. Akiskal

Lithium treatment: focus on long-term prophylaxis / Mogens Schou and Paul Grof

Valproate: clinical pharmacological profile / Charles L. Bowden and Vivek Singh

Pharmacological profile and clinical utility of lamotrigine in bipolar disorders / David J. Muzina, Joseph R. Calabrese

Carbamazepine, other anticonvulsants, and augmenting agents / Heinz Grunze

Olanzapine in treatment for bipolar disorder / Mauricio Tohen, Giedra Campbell, and Daniel Lin

Haloperidol and risperidone in mania / John Cookson

A comparison of "second generation antipsychotics" in the treatment of bipolar disorder: focus on clozapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone and aripiprazole / Paul E. Keck, Jr. and Susan L. McElroy

Complex combination therapy: the evolution toward rational polypharmacy in lithium-resistant bipolar illness / Robert M. Post, Andrew M. Speer and Gabriele S. Leverich

The primacy of mania / Athanasios Koukopoulos

Diagnostic and clinical management approaches to bipolar depression, bipolar II and their comorbidities / Giulio Perugi, S. Nassir Ghaemi, and Hagop S. Akiskal

Bipolarity in women: therapeutic issues / Susan L. McElroy, Lesley M. Arnold, and Lori L. Altshuler

Pediatric bipolar disorder: the promise of psychopharmacotherapy / Joseph Biederman

Treatment for bipolar disorder in older adults / Kenneth I. Shulman

Psychosocial interventions in bipolar disorders: rationale and effectiveness / David J. Miklowitz

The pivotal role of psychoeducation in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder / Francesc Colom and Eduard Vieta

The role of treatment setting in the pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder / Jean-Michel Azorin

Suicide prevention / Zoltán Rihmer

Principles of caring for bipolar patients / Hagop S. Akiskal and Kareen K. Akiskal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0470856076

OCLC:

60393850

Publisher Number:

9780470856079