Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy: Caring for the Patient

by Editor: Hagop S. Akiskal (University of California, San Diego, USA); Co-Editor: Mauricio Tohen (Lilly Corporate Center, USA)

• ISBN13: 9780470856079
• ISBN10: 0470856076
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Bipolar disorder is often not recognized as an illness, and people may suffer for years before it is properly diagnosed and treated. Like diabetes or heart disease, bipolar disorder is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a person's life. Pharmacotherapy is central to the acute treatment and long-term management of the disorder and as there are several classes of drugs, which are often prescribed concurrently, treatment issues are complex. This title examines major pharmacological treatments in the different phases of bipolar disorder. Chapters are devoted to commonly use pharmacological treatments with a critical review of the existing literature. Each chapter includes information not only on studies that have been published but also on new treatments that have been reported in peer reviewed scientific meetings.

Author Biography

Hagop Akiskal, Professor of Psychiatry UCSanDiego MT – Lilly Clinical Research Fellow, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
The Scope of Bipolar Disorders	1	(8)
Hagop S. Akiskal
Lithium Treatment: Focus on Long-Term Prophylaxis	9	(18)
Mogens Schou
Paul Grof
Valproate: Clinical Pharmacological Profile	27	(16)
Charles L. Bowden
Vivek Singh
Pharmacological Profile and Clinical Utility of Lamotrigine in Bipolar Disorders	43	(20)
David J. Muzina
Joseph R. Calabrese
Carbamazepine, Other Anticonvulsants and Augmenting Agents	63	(22)
Heinz Grunze
Olanzapine in Treatment for Bipolar Disorder	85	(20)
Mauricio Tohen
Giedra Campbell
Daniel Lin
Haloperidol and Risperidone in Mania	105	(20)
John Cookson
A Comparison of ``Second Generation Antipsychotics'' in the Treatment for Bipolar Disorder: Focus on Clozapine, Quetiapine, Ziprasidone and Aripiprazole	125	(10)
Paul E. Keck, Jr.
Susan L. McElroy
Complex Combination Therapy: The Evolution Toward Rational Polypharmacy in Lithium-Resistant Bipolar Illness	135	(34)
Robert M. Post
Andrew M. Speer
Gabriele S. Leverich
The Primacy of Mania	169	(24)
Athanasios Koukopoulos
Diagnostic and Clinical Management Approaches to Bipolar Depression, Bipolar II and Their Comorbidities	193	(42)
Giulio Perugi
S. Nassir Ghaemi
Hagop S. Akiskal
Bipolarity in Women: Therapeutic Issues	235	(44)
Susan L. McElroy
Lesley M. Arnold
Lori L. Altshuler
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: The Promise of Psychopharmacotherapy	279	(22)
Joseph Biederman
Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Older Adults	301	(12)
Kenneth I. Shulman
Psychosocial Interventions in Bipolar Disorders: Rationale and Effectiveness	313	(20)
David J. Miklowitz
The Pivotal Role of Psychoeducation in the Long-Term Treatment of Bipolar Disorder	333	(14)
Francesc Colom
Eduard Vieta
The Role of Treatment Setting in the Pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Disorder	347	(6)
Jean-Michel Azorin
Suicide Prevention	353	(14)
Zoltan Rihmer
Principles of Caring for Bipolar Patients	367	(22)
Hagop S. Akiskal
Kareen K. Akiskal
Index	389