BIPOLAR DISORDER: WHY LITHIUM IS STILL FIRST CHOICE
Journal Abstracts Nervenarzt. 2014 Sep;85(9):1166-70. doi: 10.1007/s00115-014-4083-x. [New facts of long-term prophylaxis for bipolar affective disorder]. [Article in German] Bschor T1, Müller-Oerlinghausen B, Stoppe G, Hiemke C. ..
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS ARE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE IN BIPOLAR DISORDER
ALAN EPPEL For decades, one of the most controversial issues within psychiatry has being whether or not antidepressants have any role to play in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder consists of periods of depression and periods ..
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1. Bipolar Connectivity 2. Predicting Antidepressant Response
VOL 2 #7 Resting state functional connectivity in women with bipolar disorder during clinical remission. Syan SK(1,)(2), Minuzzi L(1,)(2,)(3,)(4), Smith M(4), Allega OR(1,)(2), Hall GB(1,)(5), Frey BN(1,)(2,)(3,)(4). &nb..
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Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Clinical Practice Guidelines for Mood disorders: A Review.
Vol 2 #9 Alan Eppel MB, FRCPC The strength of these guidelines released in 2015, is their easy readability and fluent written style coupled with numerous helpful tables and diagrams illustrating key processes. The guidelines were develo..
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MIXED UP ABOUT MIXED STATES?
Vol 2 #10 Alan Eppel The introduction of a category for “Depression with Mixed Features” in DSM 5 has opened a Pandora’s box of confusion. This new category threatens to undermine Leonard’s original division of manic-..
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“What’s A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This?”
Vol 5 #2 Sandra Coombe Back in the ’60’s there was a TV commercial in which a dejected-looking woman was peering inside her very dirty oven when Mr. Clean sprang up, and asked, “What’s a nice girl..
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