International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Featured article: Clinical use of lithium salts: guide for users and prescribers

Lithium treatment continues as the gold standard of treatment for preventing recurrences in both type I and type II bipolar disorder, and remains the most extensively evaluated treatment for bipolar disorder, especially for long-term prophylaxis.

The existential crisis of bipolar II disorder

Authors: Michael Gitlin and Gin S. Malhi

Content type: Review

28 January 2020
Diagnosing bipolar disorders: ICD-11 and beyond

Authors: Emanuel Severus and Michael Bauer

Content type: Editorial

20 January 2020
Bipolar disorders in ICD-11: current status and strengths

Authors: Jules Angst, Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross and Wulf Rössler

Content type: Short Communication

20 January 2020
Smartphones in mental health: a critical review of background issues, current status and future concerns

Authors: Michael Bauer, Tasha Glenn, John Geddes, Michael Gitlin, Paul Grof, Lars V. Kessing, Scott Monteith, Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Emanuel Severus and Peter C. Whybrow

Content type: Review

10 January 2020
Bipolar depression: a major unsolved challenge

Authors: Ross J. Baldessarini, Gustavo H. Vázquez and Leonardo Tondo

Content type: Review

6 January 2020

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

Authors: Jules Angst

Content type: Short communication

23 August 2013
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: Review

13 January 2016
Diagnosing bipolar disorders in DSM-5

Authors: Emanuel Severus and Michael Bauer

Content type: Editorial

23 August 2013
Every reason to discontinue lithium

Authors: Manuel E Fuentes Salgado, Bruce Sutor, Robert C Albright and Mark A Frye

Content type: Letter to the Editor

8 November 2014
Nutrition, Exercise, and Wellness Treatment in bipolar disorder: proof of concept for a consolidated intervention

Authors: Louisa G Sylvia, Stephanie Salcedo, Emily E Bernstein, Ji Hyun Baek, Andrew A Nierenberg and Thilo Deckersbach

Content type: Short communication

25 October 2013

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Impact Factor

We are delighted to announce International Journal of Bipolar Disorders' first Impact Factor is 3.55!

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Announcing the launch of In Review

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Thematic Series: Controversies in Bipolar Disorders

This collection of articles aims to present 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.
Further submissions of review articles on the topic are encouraged, please submit here.

Aims and scope

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 collaborates with the International Group for the study of Lithium Treated Patients (IGSLi) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bipolare Störungen (DGBS), and serves as the official journal of these organisations. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders invites clinicians and researchers from around the globe to submit original research articles, short research communications, reviews, guidelines, case reports, study protocols and letters to the editor that help to enhance understanding of bipolar disorders. The journal 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)