I just read and enjoyed “Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Disorder”1 at www.PsychiatricTimes.com, and wanted to thank the author for pulling together a great deal of useful information in a succinct and lucid format.
What REALLY makes psychotherapy work? When you try to think about it logically, there's something a little strange about the process of psychotherapy. You go see someone, a total stranger, usually once per week. That person listens, asks questions, maybe shares insights. But it's one-sided: You only talk about yourself. There is a strong level of closeness, trust, and rapport that makes it unlike any other relationship. A therapist m
The Role of Antidepressants for the Treatment of Bipolar Depression Although rapid-cycling bipolar disorder has been linked to the use of antidepressants, these treatments may still have a role in the management of patients with bipolar depression, said Stephen V. Sobel, MD, clinical instructor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, in a presentation at the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress is Las Vegas.
rTMS May Be Effective in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may be an effective therapy for treatment-resistant bipolar depression, according to the results of a recent pilot study led by Guohua Xia, MD, PhD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis.
New Algorithms for the Management of Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression Current guidelines for the management of bipolar depression are outdated because they are based on the definition and treatment of unipolar depression, according to Eduard Vieta, MD, PhD, director of the bipolar disorders program at the University Clinic Hospital of Barcelona, Spain. Dr Vieta led a study to create new definitions and algorithms for the management of treatment-resistant bipolar I
Challenges in the Assessment and Diagnosis of Bipolar Depression Charles Bowden, MD, clinical professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, describes the challenges physicians face when they assess and diagnose bipolar depression.
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