Click here to see all the TRIP Evidence Reviews.
Evidence-Based Reports
- What is bipolar disorder? Equilibrium - The Bipolar Foundation, 2006
- Introduction to bipolar disorder. WHO Collaborating Centre, 2005
- Rapid cycling is equivalently prevalent in bipolar I and bipolar II disorder, and is associated with female gender and greater severity of illness. Evidence-Based Mental Health (requires free registration), 2005
- Cognitive therapy reduced relapses and number of days in bipolar episodes in DSM-IV bipolar I disorder. Evidence-Based Medicine (Requires free registration), 2005
- Lamotrigine and lithium are effective maintenance treatments in recently depressed people with bipolar I disorder. Evidence-Based Mental Health (requires free registration), 2005
- Adding cognitive therapy to minimal psychiatric care prevents short term, but not long term, relapse in people with bipolar disorder. Evidence-Based Mental Health (requires free registration), 2005
- Valproate reduces alcohol consumption in people with comorbid alcohol dependency and bipolar disorder. Evidence-Based Mental Health (requires free registration), 2005
Clinical Guidelines
- Bipolar disorder. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2006.
- Bipolar affective disorder. SIGN, 2005
- Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder. Work Group on Quality Issues, 2007
- Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: consensus and controversies, 2005
Systematic Reviews
- Bipolar Disorder Knowledge Week. NLH Mental Health Specialist Library, 2007
- Interventions for helping people recognise early signs of recurrence in bipolar disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007
- A rapid and systematic review and economic evaluation of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of newer drugs for treatment of mania associated with bipolar affective disorder. NCCHTA, 2004
- Risperidone in long-term treatment for bipolar disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006
- Topiramate for acute affective episodes in bipolar disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2005
- Tiagabine in the treatment of acute affective episodes in bipolar disorder: efficacy and acceptability. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006
Recent articles in core journals
- Bipolar disorder--focus on bipolar II disorder and mixed depression. Lancet, 2007
- Extrapyramidal adverse events associated with atypical antipsychotic treatment of bipolar disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2007
- Effectiveness of adjunctive antidepressant treatment for bipolar depression. NEJM, 2007
- Effects of co-occurring cannabis use disorders on the course of bipolar disorder after a first hospitalization for mania. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2007
- Exposure to obstetric complications and subsequent development of bipolar disorder: Systematic review. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2006
- Screening for bipolar disorder in a primary care practice. JAMA, 2005
eTextbooks
- eMedicine
- eMedicine (pediatrics)
- Ganfyd
- GP Notebook
Clinical Queries
- A patient with bipolar affective disorder is considering having children, what preconceptual advice can I give? NLH Q&A Service, 2005
- Is there any guidance about the use of HRT in patients with bipolar disorder? NLH Q&A Service, 2005
- In a patient with bipolar disorder, aged 39 who is taking 300mg daily venlafaxine, is there any evidence that she should be screened regularly by ECG? NLH Q&A Service, 2006
- Is there any evidence to support the use of Maxepa/Omacor (omega-3 supplements) to help mood stabilisation in patients with bipolar disorder? NLH Q&A Service, 2006
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