Bipolar Disorder
June 2009 Issue
 
 
 

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Here is the result of our team's work in Bipolar Disorder this month:

1:Bipolar and major depressive disorder: neuroimaging the developmental-degenerative divide.
Authors:Savitz J, Drevets WC
Institution:Section on Neuroimaging in Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. savitzj@mail.nih.gov
Journal:Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2009 May;33(5):699-771. Epub 2009 Jan 21.

2:A review of valproate in psychiatric practice.
Authors:Haddad PM, Das A, Ashfaq M, Wieck A
Institution:Greater Manchester West Mental Health, NHS Foundation Trust, Cromwell House, Cromwell Road, Eccles, Salford, Manchester M300GT, UK. peter.haddad@gmw.nhs.uk
Journal:Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2009 May;5(5):539-51.

3:Lithium nephrotoxicity revisited.
Authors:Grunfeld JP, Rossier BC
Institution:Department of Nephrology, Necker Hospital, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France. jean-pierre.grunfeld@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr
Journal:Nat Rev Nephrol. 2009 May;5(5):270-6.

4:Bipolar disorder: from genes to behavior pathways.
Authors:Martinowich K, Schloesser RJ, Manji HK
Institution:Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road, E32000, Titusville, New Jersey 08560, USA. hmanji@its.jnj.com
Journal:J Clin Invest. 2009 Apr;119(4):726-36. doi: 10.1172/JCI37703.

5:Alternative treatments in pediatric bipolar disorder.
Authors:Potter M, Moses A, Wozniak J
Institution:Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Journal:Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;18(2):483-514, xi.

6:Psychosocial treatments for childhood and adolescent bipolar disorder.
Authors:West AE, Pavuluri MN
Institution:University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. awest@psych.uic.edu
Journal:Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;18(2):471-82, x-xi.

7:Pharmacologic treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder.
Authors:Nandagopal JJ, DelBello MP, Kowatch R
Institution:Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, 260 Stetson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA. jayasree.nandagopal@uc.edu
Journal:Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;18(2):455-69, x.

8:Family and genetic association studies of bipolar disorder in children.
Authors:Mick E, Faraone SV
Institution:Departments of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mick@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Journal:Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;18(2):441-53, x.

9:The assessment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder.
Authors:Youngstrom EA, Freeman AJ, Jenkins MM
Institution:Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, USA. eay@unc.edu
Journal:Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;18(2):353-90, viii-ix.

10:Suicidality in pediatric bipolar disorder.
Authors:Goldstein TR
Institution:Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. goldsteintr@upmc.edu
Journal:Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;18(2):339-52, viii.

11:Comorbidity in pediatric bipolar disorder.
Authors:Joshi G, Wilens T
Institution:Pervasive Developmental Disorders Program, Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 32 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. joshi.gagan@mgh.harvard.edu
Journal:Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;18(2):291-319, vii-viii.

12:A review of panic and suicide in bipolar disorder: does comorbidity increase risk?
Authors:Kilbane EJ, Gokbayrak NS, Galynker I, Cohen L, Tross S
Institution:Beth Israel Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, NYC, NY, United States. ekilbane@chpnet.org
Journal:J Affect Disord. 2009 May;115(1-2):1-10. Epub 2008 Nov 8.

13:Early intervention in bipolar disorders: clinical, biochemical and neuroimaging imperatives.
Authors:Berk M, Malhi GS, Hallam K, Gama CS, Dodd S, Andreazza AC, Frey BN, Kapczinski F
Institution:Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne, PO Box 281, Geelong, Australia.
Journal:J Affect Disord. 2009 Apr;114(1-3):1-13. Epub 2008 Sep 26.

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