Bipolar Disorder: A Clinician's Guide to Treatment Management

by Yatham,Lakshmi N.

• ISBN13: 9780415961363
• ISBN10: 041596136X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Bipolar disorder is one of the most common and potentially devastating psychiatric illnesses. This essential text book 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 treatments, there is a resurgence of interest in the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorders. In Bipolar Disorder, clinicians who are 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. With a focus on pharmacotherapy, the foundation of symptomatic treatment, Bipolar Disorderprovides the most recent analysis of the data regarding efficacy and safety of medications along with practical guidelines with which treatment choices can be made.

Author Biography

Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), is Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Research and International Affairs at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Vivek Kusumakar, MD, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK) is Professor at Dalhousie University's Department of Psychiatry, and Global Senior Director, CNS Pain, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Development.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Diagnosis and treatment of hypomania and mania	p. 1
Bipolar depression: Diagnosis and treatment	p. 19
Diagnosis and treatment of rapid cycling bipolar disorder	p. 45
Bipolar II disorder: Assessment and treatment	p. 79
Maintenance treatment in bipolar I disorder	p. 107
Bipolar disorders in women: Special issues	p. 153
Bipolar disorder in children and adolescents	p. 185
Bipolar disorder in the elderly	p. 203
Comorbidity in bipolar disorder: Assessment and treatment	p. 221
Lithium in the treatment of bipolar disorder	p. 259
Antipsychotic medications in bipolar disorder: A critical review of randomized controlled trials	p. 295
Antidepressants for bipolar disorder: A review of efficacy	p. 365
Anticonvulsants in treatment of bipolar disorder: A review of efficacy	p. 381
Somatic treatments for bipolar disorder	p. 411
Psychotropic medications in bipolar disorder: Pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, drug interactions, adverse effects and their management	p. 437
Practical issues in psychological approaches to individuals with bipolar disorders	p. 551
Psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder: A critical review of evidence for efficacy	p. 575
Novel treatments in bipolar disorder: Future directions	p. 591
Index	p. 619
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