TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment strategies for bipolar depression.
AU - Bowden, Charles L.
PY - 2010/5
Y1 - 2010/5
N2 - Resolving acute bipolar mood episodes is only one part of an overall strategy for treating bipolar disorder. Successful prevention of mood episode relapse, particularly bipolar depressive episodes, through effective continuation and maintenance therapies can greatly improve patient functioning and outcomes. Little evidence is available to guide decisions on the treatment of bipolar depression, especially in the maintenance phase, and additional research into effective options is urgently needed. General strategies for treating patients with bipolar disorder include continuing the acute pharmacotherapeutic regimen into the maintenance phase and considering tolerability.
AB - Resolving acute bipolar mood episodes is only one part of an overall strategy for treating bipolar disorder. Successful prevention of mood episode relapse, particularly bipolar depressive episodes, through effective continuation and maintenance therapies can greatly improve patient functioning and outcomes. Little evidence is available to guide decisions on the treatment of bipolar depression, especially in the maintenance phase, and additional research into effective options is urgently needed. General strategies for treating patients with bipolar disorder include continuing the acute pharmacotherapeutic regimen into the maintenance phase and considering tolerability.
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U2 - 10.4088/JCP.8125tx2c
DO - 10.4088/JCP.8125tx2c
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20492847
AN - SCOPUS:77953235214
VL - 71
SP - e10
JO - Diseases of the Nervous System
JF - Diseases of the Nervous System
SN - 0160-6689
IS - 5
ER -