Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy (eBook)

Hagop Akiskal is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the International Mood Center, San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA. He was awarded the Jean Delay prize by the World Psychiatric Association in 2002 for research work that better bridges the gap between biological, psychological and social aspects of psychiatry and mental health. He has received the Gold Medal for Pioneer Research (Society of Biological Psychiatry), the German Anna Monika Prize for Depression, the NARSAD Prize for Affective Disorders, the French Jules Baillarger and the Italian Aretaeus Prizes for his research on the bipolar spectrum. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Affective Disorders. Mauricio Tohen was appointed to the Krus endowed chair in Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio in 2009. He is Chief of the Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Centre, San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is President of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (2010 - 2012). His research has focused on the clinical epidemiology and psychopharmacological treatments of bipolar disorder. Professor Tohen has over 200 original publications and over 500 book chapters and scientific abstracts. He has co-edited Mood Disorders Across the Lifespan and Textbook of Psychiatric Epidemiology, and has also edited Comorbidity in Affective Disorders.

"This is an interesting, easy to read, and informative
book that presents research treatment outcome data to support
treatment direction and choices. Anything one needs to know
about bipolar disorder is thoroughly covered. This is a book
psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, doctors of
pharmacy, residents, students in medical training programs,
patients, and their families may find helpful in understanding the
complexities and available treatment choices and their limitations.
With the continuing research, this update is justified, and a third
edition will soon be needed to keep current."
(Doddy's, 20 April 2012)