Akiskal Hagop S. Tohen Mauricio - Bipolar psychopharmacology : caring for the patient

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bipolar psychopharmacotherapy : caring for the patient / edited by Hagop Akiskal and Mauricio Tohen. 2nd ed.
p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-74721-6 (cloth)

1. Manic-depressive illnessChemotherapy. 2. LithiumTherapeutic use. 3. Antipsychotic drugs.
4. Psychopharmacology. I. Akiskal, Hagop S. II. Tohen, Mauricio. [DNLM: 1. Bipolar Disorderdrug therapy. 2. Anticonvulsantstherapeutic use. 3. Antimanic Agentstherapeutic use. 4. Antipsychotic Agentstherapeutic use. 5. Bipolar Disorderprevention & control. WM 207]
RC516.B529 2011
616.895dc22

2010046388

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This book is published in the following electronic formats: ePDF: 9780470975107; Wiley Online Library: 9780470975114; ePub: 9780470976982

This book is dedicated to patients with bipolar disorder and their families for the privilege of caring for them.

We also dedicate it to Pierre Deniker and Mogens Schou for their pioneering research which made such caring possible.

To my wife Dianne Mauricio Tohen

List of Contributors

Hagop S. Akiskal, International Mood Center, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0603, USA

Kareen K. Akiskal, International Mood Center, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0603, USA; French Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, Rennes, France

Lori L. Altshuler, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Lesley M. Arnold, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Womens Health Research Program, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA

Jean-Michel Azorin, Department of Psychiatry, Ste Marguerite Hospital, 13274 Marseille Cedex 9, France

Jacqueline Baumann, Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Joris Berwaerts, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LIC Beerse, Belgium; JB Titusville, NJ, USA

Charles L. Bowden, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio TX 78229-3900, USA

L. Ivo Caers, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LIC Beerse, Belgium; JB Titusville, NJ, USA

Joseph R. Calabrese, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

Giedra Campbell, Scientific Communications, Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA

Francesc Colom, Head of Psychoeducation and Psychological Treatments Area, Barcelona Bipolar Disorders Program, IDIBAPS, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain

John Cookson, The Royal London Hospital, Burdett House, Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG, UK

V.E. Cosgrove, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Robert L. Findling, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 10524 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

Juan-Carlos Gmez, Psychosis Global Development Team, Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA

Paul Grof, Mood Disorders Center of Ottawa, Smyth Medical Building, 1929 Russell Road, Ottawa, ON K1G 4G3, Canada