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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The scope of bipolar disorders / Hagop S. Akiskal -- Lithium treatment: focus on long-term prophylaxis / Mogens Schou and Paul Grof -- Valproate: clinical pharmacological profile / Charles L. Bowden and Vivek Singh -- Pharmacological profile and clinical utility of lamotrigine in bipolar disorders / David J. Muzina, Joseph R. Calabrese -- Carbamazepine, other anticonvulsants, and augmenting agents / Heinz Grunze -- Olanzapine in treatment for bipolar disorder / Mauricio Tohen, Giedra Campbell, and Daniel Lin -- Haloperidol and risperidone in mania / John Cookson --

A comparison of "second generation antipsychotics" in the treatment of bipolar disorder: focus on clozapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone and aripiprazole / Paul E. Keck, Jr. and Susan L. McElroy -- Complex combination therapy: the evolution toward rational polypharmacy in lithium-resistant bipolar illness / Robert M. Post, Andrew Speer, and Gabriele S. Leverich -- The primacy of mania / Athanasios Koukopoulos -- Diagnostic and clinical management approaches to bipolar depression, bipolar II and their comorbidities / Giulio Perugi, S. Nassir Ghaemi, and Hagop S. Akiskal -- Bipolarity in women: therapeutic issues / Susan L. McElroy, Lesley M. Arnold, and Lori L. Altshuler -- Pediatric bipolar disorder: the promise of psychopharmacotherapy / Joseph Biederman --

Treatment for bipolar disorder in older adults / Kenneth I. Shulman -- Psychosocial interventions in bipolar disorders: rationale and effectiveness / David J. Miklowitz -- The pivotal role of psychoeducation in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder / Francesc Colom and Eduard Vieta -- The role of treatment setting in the pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder / Jean-Michel Azorin -- Suicide prevention / Zoltán Rihmer -- Principles of caring for bipolar patients / Hagop S. Akiskal and Kareen K. Akiskal.