| Autor: |
Moira Rynn, Paul Crits-Christoph, David Brent, Robert Findling, Karen Dineen Wagner |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
| Popis: |
This chapter reviews the current status of the adult literature on mood disorder treatments for both psychosocial and psychopharmacological treatments. This is followed by an appraisal of the same treatment for adolescents. The chapter finds that there are only limited data from methodologically rigorous trials in pediatric bipolarity. Evidence suggests that monotherapy using certain drugs may be useful in the treatment of young patients with mania and related mood states. A consistent theme from the extant literature is that a substantial number of patients do not respond to all types of monotherapy. Therefore, investigators have begun to explore combination pharmacotherapy. It seems that simultaneous treatment with more than one agent may be a rational form of intervention for some patients. Pediatric bipolarity is a chronic condition associated with substantial dysfunction and suffering. There are few methodologically sound pharmacological treatment studies, thus more research on this topic is sorely needed. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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