Begin preparation at least six months before conception to ensure stability, switch to safer medications, and manage psychosocial stressors.

Bipolar depression is the depressive phase of bipolar disorder, and it presents very similarly to regular major depression.

This sheet guides you in how to use medications to rapidly treat patients with severe mania. 

Here we focus on the non-antipsychotic mood stabilizers—lithium, valproic acid, lamotrigine, carbamazepine, and oxcarbazepine

The most challenging aspect of diagnosing bipolar disorder is establishing a history of a manic or hypomanic episode.

Many hospitalized patients present with significant anxiety. Sometimes this anxiety is secondary to depression or psychosis, but often an underlying anxiety disorder is present.

Panic disorder is a common, highly distressing, but very treatable condition.

OCD can be profoundly disabling, and many patients arrive on inpatient units after years of escalating symptoms.

Many patients with substance use disorders experience significant anxiety and agitation.