Interview Highlights
- Antidepressants should be avoided, and when present, they need to be tapered moderately quickly.
- Lithium has a remarkable neuroprotective effect on bipolar disorder.
- The level of insight into the disorder is a useful indicator of improvement.
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This edition of Psychopharmacology Institute’s Expert Interviews features David Osser, M.D. Dr. Osser is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. In this interview, he will be discussing which are the best management approaches for acutely manic patients. This includes differential diagnosis of bipolar mania, how to manage an agitated patient, the benefits and side effects of medications, and which medications should be avoided.
Mohan Gautam, D.O.: I would like to begin our discussion by placing us within an inpatient psych
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