Bipolar Disorder

2007-05-13T15:44:00.000+01:00

This review is a pragmatic attempt to highlight recent research and some background reading on bipolar disorder. It should not be considered exhaustive, simply a way of reviewing some of the major developments and current thinking in the area.

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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

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

Patient Information

TRIP Evidence Reviews: Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder