Bipolar Disorder

<p>Bipolar disorder is one of the most common and potentially devastating psychiatric illnesses. This essential text book provides clinicians with an extraordinarily well-balanced and comprehensive overview of rational and research-informed contemporary clinical practice in the assessment and medical management of patients with bipolar disorder. With the advent of a new generation of treatments there is a resurgence of interest in the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorders. In <em>Bipolar Disorder</em> clinicians who are faced with making choices from a variety of treatments are instructed how to mold their practice around the long-term symptomatic and functional needs of their patients. With a focus on pharmacotherapy the foundation of symptomatic treatment <em>Bipolar Disorder</em> provides the most recent analysis of the data regarding efficacy and safety of medications along with practical guidelines with which treatment choices can be made.</p>