International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Featured article: Antidepressants in bipolar depression: An enduring controversy

"The proper place and the optimal use of antidepressants in treating bipolar depression continues to be an area of great interest and greater controversy with passionate opinions more common than good studies. Even the handful of meta-analyses in the area disagree with each other.

Until we have a larger data base, the question of antidepressants for bipolar depression will continue to generate more heat than light to the detriment of patients and clinicians alike."

In this review, Michael Gitlin examines the ongoing disagreements on the subject of using antidepressants for bipolar disorder, as the first in our series on Controversies in Bipolar Disorders.

Content type: Review
| 2 December 2018

Lithium during pregnancy and after delivery: a review

Authors: Eline M. P. Poels, Hilmar H. Bijma, Megan Galbally and Veerle Bergink
Content type: Review
| 1 December 2018

Antidepressants in bipolar depression: an enduring controversy

Authors: Michael J. Gitlin
Content type: Editorial
| 28 November 2018

MOGENS SCHOU: 100th anniversary of his birth

Authors: Paul Grof and Bruno Müller-Oerlinghausen
Content type: Research
| 11 November 2018

Detecting significant genotype–phenotype association rules in bipolar disorder: market research meets complex genetics

Authors: René Breuer, Manuel Mattheisen, Josef Frank, Bertram Krumm, Jens Treutlein, Layla Kassem, Jana Strohmaier, Stefan Herms, Thomas W. Mühleisen, Franziska Degenhardt, Sven Cichon, Markus M. Nöthen, George Karypis, John Kelsoe, Tiffany Greenwood, Caroline Nievergelt…
Content type: Research
| 6 November 2018

The challenges of living with bipolar disorder: a qualitative study of the implications for health care and research

Authors: Eva F. Maassen, Barbara J. Regeer, Eline J. Regeer, Joske F. G. Bunders and Ralph W. Kupka

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Content type: Short communication
| 23 August 2013

Bipolar disorders in DSM-5: strengths, problems and perspectives

Authors: Jules Angst
Content type: Editorial
| 23 August 2013

Diagnosing bipolar disorders in DSM-5

Authors: Emanuel Severus and Michael Bauer
Content type: Review
| 13 January 2016

The role of childhood trauma in bipolar disorders

Authors: Monica Aas, Chantal Henry, Ole A. Andreassen, Frank Bellivier, Ingrid Melle and Bruno Etain
Content type: Letter to the Editor
| 8 November 2014

Every reason to discontinue lithium

Authors: Manuel E Fuentes Salgado, Bruce Sutor, Robert C Albright and Mark A Frye
Content type: Research
| 4 July 2013

Quetiapine monotherapy in bipolar II depression: combined data from four large, randomized studies

Authors: Allan H Young, Joseph R Calabrese, Urban Gustafsson, Michael Berk, Susan L McElroy, Michael E Thase, Trisha Suppes and Willie Earley

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Thematic Series: Controversies in Bipolar Disorders

New Content Item While pharmacotherapy and other biological treatment options form the foundation for successful treatment of bipolar disorder for more than seven decades, several therapeutic interventions are still controversial and sometimes its applications may differ across continents, countries or clinical settings quite significantly. This collection of articles aims to present four areas of controversy and uncertainty in bipolar disorder seeking to identify reasons for some of the dilemmas and future solutions to it. Read the series here.

Aims and scope

The International Journal of Bipolar Disorders is a peer-reviewed, open access online journal publishing contributions from the broad range of clinical, psychological and biological research in bipolar disorders. It is the official journal of the ECNP-ENBREC (European Network of Bipolar Research Expert Centres) Bipolar Disorders Network, the International Group for the study of Lithium Treated Patients (IGSLi) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bipolare Störungen (DGBS) and invites clinicians and researchers from around the globe to submit original research articles, short research communications, reviews, guidelines, case reports and letters to the editor that help to enhance understanding of bipolar disorders. The International Journal of Bipolar Disorders makes all articles freely available to researchers worldwide, ensuring maximum dissemination of content. Content is published online continuously to provide timely communication to the community and keep publication times to a minimum.

Society affiliation

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders is affiliated with IGSLI (International Group for The Study of Lithium Treated Patients)