Obstetric complications as risk factors for bipolar disorder

Abstract

acute therapy studies b) Maintenance (3-month) controlled studies, with proper stratification of stabilized patients and c) Long-term (12-month) manic/depressive episode-preventive studies. Lithium, carbamazepine, sodium Valproate are examples of drugs that could serve as suitable active comparators and standard validated rating scales for the assessment of clinical states are also available. Examples of decision trees for manic or depressed index cases are possible and these are outlined .