abstract

• Antipsychotic agents have been used commonly in the treatment of bipolar disorder. This article reviews the evolution of the use of antipsychotic agents and their role in the acute and maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder. The focus is on neuroleptic drugs, the atypical antipsychotic drugs (risperidone and clozapine), and two fo the new atypical antipsychotic drugs that were recently approved.

authors

• Mauricio Tohen, MD, DrPH, MBA
• Zarate, Carlos A

publication date

• January 1, 1998

published in

• The Journal of clinical psychiatry  Journal

keywords

• Acute Disease
• Antipsychotic Agents
• Benzodiazepines
• Bipolar Disorder
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Clozapine
• Delayed-Action Preparations
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Humans
• Lithium
• Pirenzepine
• Psychotic Disorders
• Risperidone
• Treatment Outcome

PubMed ID

• 9448668

start page

• 38

end page

• 48; discussion 49

volume

• 59 Suppl 1

number