What is Mood stabilizer?
A '''mood stabilizer''' is a [[psychiatric]] [[medication]] used to treat [[mood disorder]]s characterized by fast and unstable mood changes. Among the disorders commonly treated are [[bipolar disorder]] and [[Borderline personality disorder]]. With these conditions, the mood can change rapidly, between [[mania]] and [[Depression (illness)|depression]]. Many mood stabilizers can also prevent [[convulsion]]s. {{medicine-stub}} [[Category:Drugs used in psychiatry]]