Open AccessResearch on mood stabilizers in India
Author(s) -
Ajit Avasthi,
Sandeep Grover,
Meenakshi Aggarwal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.69265
Subject(s) - tolerability , carbamazepine , mood , mood stabilizer , lithium (medication) , bipolar disorder , medicine , mood disorders , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , adverse effect , anxiety , pharmacology , epilepsy
Mood stabilizers have revolutionized the treatment of bipolar affective disorders. We review data originating from India in the form of efficacy, effectiveness, usefulness, safety and tolerability of mood stabilizers. Data is mainly available for the usefulness and side-effects of lithium. A few studies in recent times have evaluated the usefulness of carbamazepine, valproate, atypical antipsychotics and verapamil. Occasional studies have compared two mood stabilizers. Data for long term efficacy and safety is conspicuously lacking.