ObjectiveIn bipolar disorder, treatment with antidepressants without concomitant use of
mood stabilisers (antidepressant monotherapy) is associated with development of mania …

Aims The aim of this study was to describe the treatment of bipolar disorder patients in
psychiatric private practices in Germany in 2009 and 2018. Methods This retrospective study …

Objectives The aim was to describe the pre‐diagnostic and post‐diagnostic
psychopharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder over the past two decades. Methods …

BACKGROUND: Pharmacological treatment of bipolar depression is a complex and
controversial issue, and its real-world practice remains largely unknown. METHOD …

Background Lithium is a first line treatment option in bipolar disorder, but several alternative
treatments have been introduced in recent years, such as antiepileptic and atypical …

Evidence concerning efficacy of antidepressants in bipolar disorder remains inconsistent
and inconclusive. As the appropriate clinical use for such patients remains unclear, we …

Objectives To determine changes in prescribing patterns in primary care of antipsychotic
and mood stabiliser medication in a representative sample of patients with bipolar disorder …

Background For the pharmacological treatment of bipolar depression several guidelines
exist. It is largely unknown, to what extent the prescriptions in daily clinical routine …

Objectives To study the medication use patterns in patients newly diagnosed with bipolar
disorder (BD) in Finland during the past 20 years. Methods All persons diagnosed with BD …

The increasing number of pharmacological treatment options for bipolar disorder seems to
be paralleled by the number of evidence-based guidelines published previously. The aim of …