Bipolar Depression: Overview and Commentary – There is growing awareness that bipolar depression is one of the greatest challenges in modern psychiatry

Bipolar Depression: Overview and Commentary, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, May-June 2010, Vol. 18, No. 3 , Pages 143-157 Ross J. Baldessarini, MD  et al.. Abstract: Depressive phases are the most prevalent component of bipolar disorders, even with modern treatment. Bipolar depressive morbidity is often misdiagnosed and is limited in response to available treatments. These conditions [...]

The Pharmacological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: The Question of Modern Advances

The Pharmacological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: The Question of Modern Advances, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, October 2010, Vol. 18, No. 5 , Pages 266-278 Jack Hirschowitz, MD , Alexander Kolevzn, MD, and Amir Garakani, MD Abstract: Introduction: Lithium has been the mainstay of treatment for patients with bipolar disorder in the United States since 1970. [...]