| Abstrakt: |
Due to recent long term follow up studies, the patients with Bipolar Disorder are in the Bipolar Depression phase most of the time. Is in the Depressive phase where most of the suicide attempts and the consumed suicides occur. The Bipolar Depression is the reason why the patients with Bipolar Disorder have an important functional deterioration. The treatments of the Bipolar Depression don't fulfill the expectations of the clinicians. There is a consensus about the use of mood stabilizers, and is controversial the use of antidepressants in the acute and in the maintenance phase due to the potential damage that they might produce in both phases. New drugs and new combinations are in study to improve the therapeutic results. |
