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Strategies for Shifting From Acute to Maintenance Treatment for Bipolar I Disorder.

Suppes T. Strategies for Shifting From Acute to Maintenance Treatment for Bipolar I Disorder. The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 2020 Jan 7; 81(1).

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Abstract:

Updated treatment guidelines are available for maintenance therapy for bipolar I disorder. Using these guidelines can help clinicians make treatment decisions including pharmacotherapy and psychosocial interventions tailored to their patients'' individual characteristics. This CME activity describes the recommendations for first-line treatment and subsequent steps. Reasons why clinicians might not initiate maintenance with highest ranked first-line options are also provided.




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