The debate over whether patients with bipolar disorder benefit from antidepressants rages on.

Treatments for acute bipolar depression are clearly less than ideal. Antidepressants have often shown little benefit for this indication.

After reading these articles, you should be able to…

No clinician wants to be a “pill-pusher,” and most of our patients do not want that kind of treatment. So what can we offer our depressed patients beyond medications?

Are all psychotherapies equally effective for the treament of depression? Or do cognitive behavioral techniques clearly rise above the pack, as implied by the amount of media coverage they receive?

Dr. Hollon, your work as a psychologist and researcher focuses on the treatment and etiology of depression. What in particular do you study?

Dr. Raison, you are involved in some interesting research about the connections between inflammation and depression. Tell us about it.

Traditional treatment for trichotillomania involves medications used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder.

Most people with bipolar disorder are maintained on antidepressants, but the evidence base is rather meager. In a recent trial, researchers recruited 70 patients with bipolar disorder, all of whom had responded to a combination of a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant.

After reading these articles, you should be able to…