Open AccessTreatment Resistant Bipolar Disorder
Author(s) -
Elvan Özalp,
Ersin Hatice Karslıoğlu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
psikiyatride güncel yaklaşımlar/psikiyatride güncel yaklaşımlar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 1309-0674
pISSN - 1309-0658
DOI - 10.5455/cap.20150209101507
Subject(s) - bipolar disorder , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , lithium (medication)
Many patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder respond incompletely or unsatisfactorily to available treatments. Defining refractoriness in bipolar disorder is a complex issue and should concern and include either every phase and pole or the disorder as a whole. There are only limited and sometimes confusing data on the treatment of refractory bipolar patients. The objective of this paper was to review the evidence for treatment options in treatment resistant patients on depressive, manic attack and maintanence phase as found in randomized controlled trials and with special attention to the definition and assessment of treatment resistance