How many times have you prescribed Abilify for depression and then stumbled over what to call it?
Do you say “antidepressant”? “Mood stabilizer”? Or do you tell the truth—“It’s an antipsychotic”—and watch your patient flinch? We’ve all had this moment. The treatment fits. The label doesn’t.
We interview Victor Hoffbrand on the discovery of folate and look at how this vitamin can help or harm the action of anticonvulsants in bipolar disorder.