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Bipolar Disorder

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The bipolar disorders are a group of severe mood disorders that together afflict about 3% of the global population. They are characterized by the presence of both manic or hypomanic episodes and depressive episodes. They are divided into type I disorder, which is defined by the occurrence of severe manic episodes; type II disorder in which the depressive episode occurs with hypomania but not mania; and cyclothymia, in which subsyndromal hypomanic and depressions are present. These disorders are highly familial but environmental factors are also important. Comorbidity with medical and psychiatric conditions, particularly alcohol use disorder, is common. Treatments include the use of mood stabilizers such as lithium and some anticonvulsants. The use of agents such as antipsychotics and antidepressants are common. Prognosis is guarded for many, but for some patients there is restitutio ad integrum between episodes, and some are highly creative and productive.

This chapter is an update from the 4th edition. Previous edition author was Rif S. El-Mallakh

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    Rif S. El-Mallakh

  2. School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel

    Robert H. Belmaker

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA

    Allan Tasman

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Cent, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Michelle B. Riba

  3. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Oakland, CA, USA

    Renato D. Alarcón

  4. Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA

    César A. Alfonso

  5. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Shigenobu Kanba

  6. Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

    David M. Ndetei

  7. Malaysian Research Inst on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

    Chee H. Ng

  8. Department of Psychiatry, University of Munich, München, Bayern, Germany

    Thomas G. Schulze

  9. Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

    Dusica Lecic-Tosevski

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Chee H. Ng

  2. Department of Medical Sciences, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

    Dusica Lecic-Tosevski

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    César A. Alfonso

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    César A. Alfonso

  5. Department of Psychiatry, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

    César A. Alfonso

  6. Department of Psychiatry, Prince of Songkla University, Songhkla, Thailand

    César A. Alfonso

  7. Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, HARLINGEN, FL, USA

    Ihsan M. Salloum

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El-Mallakh, R.S., Belmaker, R.H. (2023). Bipolar Disorder. In: Tasman, A., et al. Tasman’s Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_19-1

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