Bipolar disorder is one of the most common and potentially devastating psychiatric illnesses. This essential text book provides clinicians with an extraordinarily well-balanced and comprehensive overview of rational and research-informed contemporary clinical practice in the assessment and medical management of patients with bipolar disorder. With the advent of a new generation of treatments, there is a resurgence of interest in the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorders. In Bipolar Disorder, clinicians who are faced with making choices from a variety of treatments are instructed how to mold their practice around the long-term symptomatic and functional needs of their patients. With a focus on pharmacotherapy, the foundation of symptomatic treatment, Bipolar Disorder provides the most recent analysis of the data regarding efficacy and safety of medications along with practical guidelines with which treatment choices can be made.

Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia and President of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders.

Vivkek Kusumakar, MD, FRCPC, is Associate Head (Academic and Research) and Associate Professor at Dalhousie University's Department of Psychiatry.

Kusumakar, Yatham, Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypomania and Mania. Muzina, Kemp, Yatham, Calabrese, Bipolar Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment. Kupka, Frye, Diagnosis and Treatment of Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder. Ng, Cahill, Malhi, Berk, Bipolar II Disorder: Assessment and Treatment. Estevez, Suppes, Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar I Disorder. Taylor, Steiner, Soares, Bipolar Disorders in Women: Special Issues. Berwaerts, Kutcher, Kusumakar, Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Singh, Kusumakar, Sajtovic, Bipolar Disorder in the Elderly. Goldberg, Comorbidity in Bipolar Disorder: Assessment and Treatment. Levine, Chengappa, Lithium in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder. Bond, Vieta, Tohen, Yatham, Antipsychotic Medications in Bipolar Disorders: A Critical Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Gijsman, Nolen, Antidepressants for Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Efficacy. Yatham, Kusumakar, Anticonvulsants in Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Efficacy. Lam, Chan, Howard, Somatic Treatments for Bipolar Disorder. Ketter, Wang, Psychotropic Medications in Bipolar Disorder: Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, Drug Interactions, Adverse Effects and their Management. Scott, Colom, Practical Issues in Psychological Approaches to Individuals with Bipolar Disorder. Miklowitz, Psychosocial Interventions for Bipolar Disorder: A Critical Review of Evidence for Efficacy. Quiroz, Post, Novel Treatments in Bipolar Disorder: Future Directions.