Medications Used To Treat Bipolar Disorder
Experts: Adult antipsychotics also work in children
June 10, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
The Ethics of Clinical Trials
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert...volunteers to participate in clinical trials investigating medications used to treat bipolar... Read more »
Did using street drugs give me bipolar disorder?
By Dan Haupt, M.D. , Health Expert...evidence to suggest that using street drugs can cause bipolar disorder in someone who would have... Read more »
Children and Bipolar Disorder: Part II of II
By Dan Haupt, M.D. , Health Expert...questions about my July 3, 2006 entry on Children and Bipolar Disorder. Some expressed sadness... Read more »
Is Drug Treatment Enough?
By Dan Haupt, M.D. , Health Expert...importance of psychotherapy in individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder? Is drug treatment... Read more »
Screening Reveals the Impact of Bipolar Disorder
By Jerry Kennard , Health ExpertThe estimated prevalence of bipolar disorder is over 3 per cent of the population of the United... Read more »
Health Guide
Healthy Diet Tips for Bipolar Disorder
...focusing.Antidepressants and Weight GainThere are special dietary requirements for people who take many of the medications used to treat bipolar disorder. Weight gain is a potential side effect of... Read more »Bipolar Depression: What are the treatments and drugs used to treat bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder treatment includes medication and non-drug therapy. The good news is that most patients respond to treatment and are able to control their illness. Psychotherapy helps patients... Read more »Bipolar disorder
Manic depression; Bipolar affective disorder Treatment Bipolar disorder is often treated with mood-stabilizing medications such as valproic ... Read more »The First 48 Hours with Bipolar Disorder
...never find happy individuals walking into a psychiatrist’s office for the first time. People with bipolar disorder only seek help when their life is going terribly wrong or when their brains... Read more »Bipolar Disorder: Recovery is a Journey
...You are emerging from a crisis or emergency situation. Your clinician has informed you that you have bipolar disorder. The medications are kicking in. You are no longer bouncing off walls or... Read more »Images
Medications
...certain mental/mood disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder). It is given by... Read more »
...mental/mood disorders (schizophrenia, manic phase of bipolar disorder, irritability associated... Read more »
...bipolar disorder). It may be used after other medications have not been effective. ... Read more »
...mental/mood disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, manic phase of bipolar disorder, schizoaffective... Read more »
...disorders, certain psychiatric conditions (manic phase of bipolar disorder), and to prevent... Read more »
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Abilify may help alcohol dependence
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Seroquel XR approved for bipolar disorder
February 23, 2009Drugmaker AstraZeneca has announced that its medication Seroquel XR may now be used for treatment of bipolar disorder. According to a company press... Read summary »
Study: Test for Off-Label Use
November 27, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A panel of government and health-industry experts has developed a list of 14 widely prescribed medications they say urgently... Read summary »
Breast cancer drug may treat bipolar disorder
October 03, 2008A medication currently used to treat breast cancer may one day be used to ease mania symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. Researchers gave the... Read summary »
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