This work is intended as a guide for clinicians, to provide stronger evidence for the antipsychotic in question at the time of treating comorbid bipolar disorder.
Atypical antipsychotics and comorbidity in bipolar disorder
 
  Keywords
 
 
  
   Antipsychotics
  
 
 
  
   Comorbidity
  
 
 
  
   Generalized anxiety disorder
  
 
 
  
   Bipolar disease
  
 
Abstract
 Antipsychotic drugs are widely used in the treatment of bipolar disorder due to their mood stabilizing, antimanic and antidepressant properties.
Bipolar disorder has a high rate of comorbidity with other <dis>psychiatric disorders</dis>, in particular anxiety disorders, substance abuse, <dis>eating disorders</dis>, <dis>personality disorders</dis> and <dis>attention deficit disorder</dis> and <dis>hyperactivity</dis>.
In this paper, a summary is provided of the various studies assessing antipsychotic efficacy when bipolar disorder presents another <dis>comorbid psychiatric disorder</dis>.
In general, these drugs have proved useful for anxiety disorders (in particular generalized anxiety disorder), alcohol consumption and <dis>borderline personality disorder</dis>.
Drugs that have been studied more commonly within this population include olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine and aripiprazole.
This work is intended as a guide for clinicians, to provide stronger evidence for the antipsychotic in question at the time of treating comorbid bipolar disorder.
Abstract
 Antipsychotic drugs are widely used in the treatment of bipolar disorder due to their mood stabilizing, antimanic and antidepressant properties.
Bipolar disorder has a high rate of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, in particular anxiety disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders, personality disorders and attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity.
In this paper, a summary is provided of the various studies assessing antipsychotic efficacy when bipolar disorder presents another comorbid psychiatric disorder.
In general, these drugs have proved useful for anxiety disorders (in particular generalized anxiety disorder), alcohol consumption and borderline personality disorder.
Drugs that have been studied more commonly within this population include olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine and aripiprazole.
This work is intended as a guide for clinicians, to provide stronger evidence for the antipsychotic in question at the time of treating comorbid bipolar disorder.
This work is intended as a guide for clinicians, to provide stronger evidence for the antipsychotic in question at the time of treating comorbid bipolar disorder.