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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Emotional Wellbeing: Tips for Healthy Routines and Rhythms During Unpredictable Times
Recommendations from the International Society of Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Task Force on Chronobiology and Chronotherapy and the Society for Light Treatment and Biologic Rhythms (SLTBR)
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20-Year Trends in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Bipolar Disorder by Psychiatrists in Outpatient Care Settings
Taeho Greg Rhee, Ph.D., M.S.W., Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H., Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D., Samuel T. Wilkinson, M.D.

Published Online: 21 Apr 2020
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Cariprazine Treatment of Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study
Willie Earley, M.D., Maria Victoria Burgess, M.D., Ludmyla Rekeda, Ph.D., Regan Dickinson, M.A., Balázs Szatmári, Ph.D., György Németh, M.D., Ph.D., Roger S. McIntyre, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Gary S. Sachs, M.D., Lakshmi N. Yatham, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.C.

Published Online: 8 Mar 2019

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorders are brain disorders that cause changes in a person’s mood, energy and ability to function. Bipolar disorder is a category that includes three different conditions — bipolar I, bipolar II and cyclothymic disorder.


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This month, Kelly K. Anderson, Ph.D., talks about her research on the effectiveness of early psychosis intervention programs. Executive Editor Michael Roy reviews early-onset dementia in a patient with 22q11 deletion syndrome and Huntington's disease, early intervention in bipolar disorder, a novel memory-based therapy with propranolol to reduce PTSD symptoms, and patterns of health care use prior to first diagnosis of a psychotic disorder.

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undefined The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Geriatric                 Psychiatry
undefined The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of                 Psychopharmacology
undefined Gabbard’s Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders
undefined Schatzberg’s Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology
undefined The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry
undefined Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Children and Adolescents
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