TIONS antipsychotic is sometimes necessary [II]. Severely ill or agitated patients may also
require short-term adjunctive treatment with a benzodiazepine [I]. When first-line medication …

Page 1 Supplement to THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Official Journal of the
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION Volume 159 Number 4 April 2002 PRACTICE for the …

APA's Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Disorder, 2nd Edition,
was published in April 2002 (1). Since that time, a number of controlled treatment studies on …

Objective: To discuss the criteria used to diagnose the mood episodes that constitute bipolar
disorder, the approach to the differential diagnosis of these presentations, and the evidence …

Management strategies for bipolar disorder often entail relatively long-term, complex
medication regimens that combine primary mood stabilizers, antipsychotic agents …

This paper is a systematic review of the available data concerning the treatment of bipolar
disorder: a systematic Medline search concerning treatment guidelines and clinical trials …

Since the previous publication of Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments
(CANMAT) guidelines in 1997, there has been a substantial increase in evidence‐based …

Expert Consensus Guideline Series: Medication Treatment of Bipolar Disorder 2000. The
practice guidelines described in this publication have employed the latest survey techniques …

The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) published guidelines
for the management of bipolar disorder in 2005, with a 2007 update. This second update, in …

In 2005, the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) published
guidelines for the management of bipolar disorder. This update reviews new evidence since …