SMJ articles in the category "bipolar disorder"

Review Article

Mood Stabilizers Are the First Line of Treatment for Bipolar Disorder

Although lithium and other mood stabilizers remain the preferred agents for bipolar disorder, their clinical use has been declining steadily while antipsychotic and antidepressant use has been increasing. We performed an integrative review of efficacy, mechanisms of disease, and drug effects. The most reproduced biologic abnormality during the ill phases…

Posted in: bipolar disorder 3 pathophysiology 2

Case Report

Psychotic Mania Associated with Mefloquine in a Bipolar Patient

A 63-year-old male patient with a history of bipolar I disorder presented to the emergency department in an acutely psychotic state. The patient had just returned from vacation in a malarial high-risk area and, as a result, had taken five weekly doses of mefloquine for prophylaxis. The patient’s bipolar disorder…

Posted in: bipolar disorder 3 malaria 3 psychosis 8

Review Article

Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Review of History, Patient Selection, Technique, and Medication Management

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for severe and persistent depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Though ECT is now over 60 years old, it remains an underutilized treatment today. History, patient selection, safety, and characteristics of the treatment stimulus, technique, and medications used in ECT are reviewed….

Posted in: bipolar disorder 3 Depression 22 schizophrenia 5 seizure 2
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