Citation

Skale TG, Jain R. J. Clin. Psychiatry 2007; 68(10): e23.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Physicians Postgraduate Press)

DOI

10.4088/jcp.1007e23

PMID

17960956

Abstract

For patients with bipolar disorder in urgent situations, psychiatric and nonpsychiatric clinicians should employ practical approaches to achieve optimum outcomes and ensure safe and rapid reduction of symptoms, such as considering the treatment setting, clinician-patient relationship, and the severity of the patient's symptoms. Because biological, psychological, and social factors affect both the development and the treatment of acute bipolar states, treatment should address each factor to manage the illness.

Language: en

Keywords

Antipsychotic Agents; Aripiprazole; Benzodiazepines; Bipolar Disorder; Emergency Services, Psychiatric; Humans; Impulsive Behavior; Injections, Intramuscular; Olanzapine; Piperazines; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Quinolones; Risperidone; Suicide, Attempted; Thiazoles; Time Factors