The scope of bipolar disorders / Hagop S. Akiskal -- Lithium treatment : focus on long-term prophylaxis / Paul Grof and Mogens Schou -- Valproate : clinical pharmacological profile / Charles L. Bowden and Vivek Singh -- Pharmacological profile and clinical utility of lamotrigine in mood disorders / Marc L.M. van der Loos ... [et al.] -- Carbamazepine and other anticonvulsants / Heinz Grunze -- Olanzapine in treatment for bipolar disorder / Mauricio Tohen, Giedra Campbell, and Juan-Carlos Gómez -- Haloperidol and other first generation psychotics in mania / John Cookson -- Clinical utility of clozapine in bipolar disorder / V.E. Cosgrove ... [et al.] -- Risperidone -- Quetiapine in bipolar disorder / Mauricio Kunz, Svante Nyberg, and Lakshmi Yatham -- Ziprasidone in the treatment of bipolar disorder / Thomas L.Schwartz ... [et al.] -- Aripiprazole / Alessandra Nivoli and Eduard Vieta -- Asenapine in bipolar disorder / Roger McIntyre --

Complex combination therapy for long-term stability in bipolar disorder / Robert M. Post -- The role of antidepressants in bipolar disorder / Boghos I. Yerevanian -- Bipolarity in women : therapeutic issues / Susan McElroy, Lesley M. Arnold, and Lori L. Altshuler -- Pediatric bipolar disorder : the promise of psychopharmacotherapy / Tiffany Thomas and Robert L. Findling -- Treatment of bipolar disorder in old age / Kenneth I. Shulman, Martha Sajatovic, and Nathan Herrmann -- Diagnosis and treatment of mixed states / Alan Swann -- Rapid cycling of bipolar patients : the importance of anti-depressant treatments / Athanasios Koukopoulos ... [et al.] -- Novel therapeutic approaches for treating bipolar disorder / Carlos Zarate ... [et al.] -- The pivotal role of psycho-education in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder / Francesc Colom and Andrea Murru -- The role of treatment setting in the pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder / Jean-Michel Azorin -- Pharmacological prevention of suicide in bipolar patients / Zoltán Rihmer -- Overview of principles of caring for bipolar patients / Hagop S. Akiskal and Kareen K. Akiskal.