Bipolar Affective Disorders

The present 2nd edition of this pocket book for physicians who treat patients with bipolar affective disorders provides a concise but comprehensive survey of the current state of scientific knowledge. - Epidemiology and the social consequences of the disease, its classification, course, and characteristic features as well as treatment strategies are clearly defined. - NEW: In the therapy section, the rapid advances of the past years in psychopharmacotherapy have been taken into account. In particular, new mood stabilizers, such as lamotrigine, among the antiepileptic agents, and the numerous atypical antipsychotic agents that are now being used for bipolar disorders are described in detail. The differential strengths of the new drugs and the possibilities for their combination with proven mood stabilizers are illustrated.