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Items Tagged with 'bipolar-depression'

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Lumateperone in Bipolar Depression

January 31, 2022
John C. Raiss, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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John C. Raiss, MD. Dr. Raiss has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
In December 2021, the FDA approved lumateperone (Caplyta) for bipolar I and II depression, and here we report on one of the trials that led to that approval.
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RESEARCH UPDATE

A Novel Treatment for Methamphetamine Use Disorder

January 31, 2022
David A. Moltz, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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David A. Moltz, MD. Dr. Moltz has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
With so few pharmacologic options for methamphetamine use disorder, a large trial from The New England Journal of Medicine suggest bupropion and naltrexone are worth exploring.
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How to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder

November 5, 2021
Gordon Parker, MD, PhD, DSc.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Gordon Parker, MD, PhD, DScGordon Parker, MD, PhD, DSc. Scientia Professor of psychiatry at the University of New South Wales. In 2002 he founded the Black Dog Institute, a clinical research center for mood disorders. Dr. Parker’s research has focused on the phenomenology and diagnosis of depression and bipolar disorder. Dr. Parker has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Gordon Parker takes on the DSM and offers up a practical approach to diagnosing bipolar disorder. Included is a new self-rated scale that Dr. Parker developed to separate normal good moods from hypomania.
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Light Therapy: Good for What Ails You?

September 28, 2021
Edmund S. Higgins, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Edmund S. Higgins, MD. Clinical associate professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Higgins has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
The health benefits of light therapy are expanding its use beyond winter depression. Here we explore those promises and pitfalls, including ADHD, PTSD, bipolar depression, binge eating, sleep disorders, dementia, sexual dysfunction, traumatic brain injury, diabetes, and arthritis.
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Maintenance Pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Disorder: How Long Is Long Enough?

May 4, 2021
Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD. Dr. Rosenlicht has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Textbooks tell us that patients with bipolar I disorder need to take mood stabilizers for life. But what are the real risks of stopping these medications? A new meta-analysis provides some clarity.
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Antidepressants Harm Some With Bipolar Depression

March 26, 2021
Chris Aiken, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Chris Aiken, MD. Dr. Aiken has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
This new study is the first placebo-controlled trial to examine the long-term effects of an SSRI in bipolar disorder.
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CLINICAL UPDATE

How to Use Lamotrigine

January 1, 2021
Chris Aiken, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Chris Aiken, MD. Editor-in-Chief of TCPR. Practicing psychiatrist, Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Aiken has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Lamotrigine is approved for the prevention of bipolar episodes, but Dr. Aiken explains why it may also treat active bipolar depression. This mood stabilizer is among the most tolerable in its class, and has additional benefits in OCD, borderline personality disorder, and depersonalization disorder.
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Mood Stabilizers: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Them

October 6, 2020
Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD. Dr. Rosenlicht has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
There are many mood stabilizers to choose from, but which ones are the best tolerated? This meta-analysis looks at how they stack up in terms of weight gain, sedation, and overall discontinuation.
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A New Antipsychotic for Bipolar Depression

July 30, 2020
Chris Aiken, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Chris Aiken, MD. Dr. Aiken has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
An atypical antipsychotic with a novel mechanism shows promise in bipolar depression.
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A New Treatment for Bipolar Depression

August 1, 2019
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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With Vrylar’s new approval, there are now four atypicals antipsychotics with an indication in bipolar depression. Only two of these, however, are known to work in mania as well as depression. None of the atypicals stands out as the perfect choice for bipolar depression, but there are pros and cons to each that make them fitter better with certain patients.
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