Bipolar Disorder: Evidence-Based Psychopharmacology
Point-of-care answers for prescribers: psychiatrists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
How to use this course
- Need an answer now? Use "Find your answer" below to jump straight to the chapter for your clinical question.
- Each chapter opens with "At a glance": the key recommendations in a few lines, with full tables and detail underneath.
- Every chapter names its source and the strength of the evidence, so you can see how firm each recommendation is.
Kept current. Chapters are reviewed and updated as new research, regulatory decisions and guidelines are published. Each chapter states the source it is based on. Where newer evidence differs from an older guideline, we say so.
1What's in this course
Evidence-Based Treatment Guidelines
The CANMAT/ISBD 2018 guidelines, chapter by chapter: mania, bipolar I depression, maintenance, bipolar II, monitoring, youth and comorbidity.
Bipolar Depression
Focused answers on the hardest phase to treat: antidepressants, dosing questions, lithium response and real-world maintenance data.
Bipolar Mixed Features
Diagnosing the mixed features specifier, why it matters, rating scales, and management.
Bipolar Disorder Psychopharmacology
Drug-specific questions and newer agents: choosing an antimanic, comparing mood stabilizers, treatment duration and recent approvals.
2Find your answer
This course is for educational purposes for licensed and in-training prescribers. It does not replace clinical judgement or current prescribing information.
Evidence Based Treatment Guidelines
Bipolar Depression
Bipolar Mixed Features
Bipolar Disorder PsychoPharamcology
