Selected Sessions from the 5th International Conference on Bipolar DisorderCME Physicians - up to 3 hour(s) of AMA PRA category 1 credit; Pharmacists - up to 3 contact hour(s) (0.3 CEUs); Registered Nurses - up to 3.6 Nursing Continuing Education contact hour(s); Psychologists - up to 3.0 CE credits for Psychologists; Advances in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression Irving Kuo, MD Use of Anticonvulsants and Bipolar Disorder -- Expert Review Irving Kuo, MD Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder -- Expert Review Rachel A. Pollock, PhD Irving Kuo, MD
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Olanzapine More Effective for Preventing Mania Relapse6/18/03 [Medscape Medical News] Almost 30% of the bipolar disorder patients in the lithium group experienced relapse compared with about 14% of those in the olanzapine group.
Rapid Cycling Bipolar Patients Have More Severe Disease6/16/03 [Medscape Medical News] These patients also were more likely to be female, have a younger age of onset, and a higher occurrence of depression at study entry.
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Advances in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression