Psychopharmacology for the Clinician columns are usually based on a case report that
illustrates a point of interest in clinical psychopharmacology. They are about 500–650 words …

Sometimes dramatically changing vogues in diagnostic practice in psychiatry resemble the
volatility of international share markets. One such quickly shifting diagnostic area has been …

Bipolar disorder is a common, severe and cyclic psychiatric illness. A strong association
between alcohol dependence and bipolar disorder has been reported in numerous studies …

Previous studies have revealed that accurately diagnosing bipolar disorder takes a long
time, often more than 10 years. 1-3 Therefore, patients often experience significant financial …

The historical antecedents of the current diagnostic criteria for mania involve the German
phenomenologic descriptions of the late 1800s, the introduction of lithium for treatment and …

Discussion Patients developing mania/hypomania with the use of antidepressants for
depressive disorder have been labeled as bipolar type III disorder, a new subtype beyond …

Abstract Presents 2 case reports (47-and 55-yr-old men) concerning the beneficial effects of
clonazepam, without any adjunctive medication, in the treatment of atypical bipolar …

Whereas much progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia
and depression in recent years, bipolar disorder continues to be frequently misunderstood …

The inclusion of bipolar II disorder as a subtype of bipolar illness in the DSM-IV is probably,
from a clinical perspective, the most important change in the classification of mental …

Drug Abuse and Bipolar Disorders Page 1 INT'L. J. PSYCHIATRY IN MEDICINE, Vol. 15(1),
198586 DRUG ABUSE AND BIPOLAR DISORDERS* TODD WlLK ESTROFF, MD CHARLES A …