"If a colleague were to ask me, "What would you recommend I read if I want to become a real expert on bipolarity?" I would respond Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy: Caring for the Patient."
Journal of Bipolar Disorders

And the second edition is even better! Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy covers both pharmacotherapy and the supportive role of psychotherapy, psychoeducation and social approaches to provide a broad integrative philosophy of care for bipolar patients. Extensive coverage is given to special management issues such as the pharmacological care of women with bipolar disorder, children and the elderly, as well as bipolar depression and suicide prevention.

The mood swings that characterize bipolar disorder can now be better stabilized in most patients than in the past, but the illness must be carefully managed throughout a person's life. Pharmacotherapy is central to the acute treatment and long-term management and as there are several classes of drugs which are often prescribed concurrently, treatment issues are complex. This essential reference work features critical reviews of the existing literature, plus information on new treatments that have been reported at peer reviewed scientific meetings, often written by the pioneering experts on a particular treatment. The second-generation antipsychotics are now covered in separate chapters to provide in-depth coverage of these agents. There are also new chapters on the pharmacological treatments of mixed states and rapid cycling and novel therapeutic vistas.

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1 The scope of bipolar disorders
Chapter 2 Lithium treatment: Focus on long-term prophylaxis
Chapter 3 Valproate: Clinical pharmacological profile
Chapter 4 Pharmacological profile and clinical utility of lamotrigine in mood disorders
Chapter 5 Carbamazepine and other anticonvulsants
Chapter 6 Olanzapine in treatment for bipolar disorder
Chapter 7 Haloperidol and other first generation antipsychotics in mania
Chapter 8 Clinical utility of clozapine in bipolar disorder
Chapter 9 Risperidone and paliperidone in the treatment of bipolar disorder
Chapter 10 Quetiapine in bipolar disorder
Chapter 11 Ziprasidone in the treatment of bipolar disorder
Chapter 12 Aripiprazole in bipolar disorder
Chapter 13 Asenapine in bipolar disorder
Chapter 14 Complex combination therapy for long-term stability in bipolar disorder
Chapter 15 The role of antidepressants in bipolar disorder
Chapter 16 Bipolarity in women: Therapeutic issues
Chapter 17 Pediatric bipolar disorder: The promise of psychopharmacotherapy
Chapter 18 Treatment of bipolar disorder in old age
Chapter 19 Diagnosis and treatment of mixed states
Chapter 20 Rapid cycling of bipolar patients
Chapter 21 Novel therapeutic approaches for treating bipolar disorder
Chapter 22 The pivotal role of psycho-education in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder
Chapter 23 The role of treatment setting in the pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder
Chapter 24 Pharmacological prevention of suicide in bipolar patients
Chapter 25 Overview of principles of caring for bipolar patients
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