(Ebook) Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy: Caring for the Patient, Second Edition by Hagop S. Akiskal, Mauricio Tohen ISBN 9780470747216, 9780470975114, 0470747218, 0470975113

(Ebook) Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy: Caring for the Patient, Second Edition by Hagop S. Akiskal, Mauricio Tohen ISBN 9780470747216, 9780470975114, 0470747218, 0470975113

"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.Content: Chapter 1 The Scope of Bipolar Disorders (pages 1–8): Hagop S. AkiskalChapter 2 Lithium Treatment: Focus on Long?Term Prophylaxis (pages 9–23): Paul Grof and Mogens SchouChapter 3 Valproate: Clinical Pharmacological Profile (pages 25–43): Charles L. Bowden and Vivek SinghChapter 4 Pharmacological Profile and Clinical Utility of Lamotrigine in Mood Disorders (pages 45–60): Marc L. M. van der Loos, Joseph R. Calabrese, Willem A. Nolen and David J. MuzinaChapter 5 Carbamazepine and Other Anticonvulsants (pages 61–78): Heinz GrunzeChapter 6 Olanzapine in Treatment for Bipolar Disorder (pages 79–107): Mauricio Tohen, Giedra Campbell and Juan?Carlos GomezChapter 7 Haloperidol and Other First Generation Antipsychotics in Mania (pages 109–129): John CooksonChapter 8 Clinical Utility of Clozapine in Bipolar Disorder (pages 131–152): V. E. Cosgrove, J. S. Seo, H. Yang and Trisha SuppesChapter 9 Risperidone and Paliperidone in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (pages 153–192): L. Ivo Caers and Joris BerwaertsChapter 10 Quetiapine in Bipolar Disorder (pages 193–222): Mauricio Kunz, Svante Nyberg and Lakshmi N. YathamChapter 11 Ziprasidone in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (pages 223–244): Thomas L. Schwartz, Stephen M. Stahl, Elizabeth Pappadopulos and Onur N. KarayalChapter 12 Aripiprazole in Bipolar Disorder (pages 245–269): Alessandra Nivoli and Eduard VietaChapter 13 Asenapine in Bipolar Disorder (pages 271–283): Roger S. McIntyreChapter 14 Complex Combination Therapy for Long?Term Stability in Bipolar Disorder (pages 285–298): Robert M. PostChapter 15 The Role of Antidepressants in Bipolar Disorder (pages 299–316): Boghos I. YerevanianChapter 16 Bipolarity in Women: Therapeutic Issues (pages 317–350): Susan L. McElroy, Lesley M. Arnold and Lori L. AltshulerChapter 17 Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: The Promise of Psychopharmacotherapy (pages 351–367): Tiffany Thomas and Robert L. FindlingChapter 18 Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Old Age (pages 369–390): Kenneth I. Shulman, Nathan Herrmann and Martha SajatovicChapter 19 Diagnosis and Treatment of Mixed States (pages 391–410): Alan C. SwannChapter 20 Rapid Cycling of Bipolar Patients (pages 411–422): Athanasios Koukopoulos, G. Serra, F. Zazzara, A. E. Koukopoulos and G. SaniChapter 21 Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Treating Bipolar Disorder (pages 423–445): Rodrigo Machado?Vieira, Ioline Henter, Jacqueline Baumann, David Latov, Cristina Wheeler?Castillo and Carlos A. ZarateChapter 22 The Pivotal Role of Psycho?Education in the Long?Term Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (pages 447–463): Francesc Colom and Andrea MurruChapter 23 The Role of Treatment Setting in the Pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Disorder (pages 465–469): Jean?Michel AzorinChapter 24 Pharmacological Prevention of Suicide in Bipolar Patients (pages 471–485): Zoltan RihmerChapter 25 Overview of Principles of Caring for Bipolar Patients (pages 487–507): Hagop S. Akiskal and Kareen K. Akiskal