Post by misty on Jan 7, 2007 17:54:33 GMT -5
Charlie Girl
This link lists the mood stabilizers and a bunch of info on each one.
www.psycheducation.org/depression/meds/moodstabilizers.htm
PsychEducation.org (home)
Mood Stabilizers: An Updated List and Links
Last update April 2005
Introduction
Table of all options -- by evidence for their effectiveness
How do I choose?
Which one is the best?
FDA-approved -- or not?
Introduction
Below you will find a list of the medications currently referred to as "mood stabilizers". (If you care about which are FDA approved for this use, read the explanation of what "approval" means. Here are some thoughts on what ought to be called a "mood stabilizer").
You can click links in the first table below for details about each one, or you can walk you through how the main ones are used and how we choose between them, in the Treatment section of this website. If you'd like to see them listed by how you might choose, based on your needs, see the second table. If you'd like a comparison of all of them, try the third table.
This list is updated frequently. To make sure this information matches current expert consensus, you can compare this list to the recently updated expert consensus guidelines. For a comparison view of all these medications from another psychiatrist, though in more technical lingo, see the excellent site by Dr. Peter Brigham.
The "randomized trials", in the first table coming up next, mean research studies with a "control group", a group that got another medication or a placebo while a similar group got the medication in question. A "positive trial" means that the medication performed as well or better than a comparison medication or placebo; whereas a "negative trial" means placebo was as good as the medication. An "open" trial means that patients and doctors both knew what medication was being added and when, and that there was no placebo group with which to compare results. (Here's more on why randomized trials are our best evidence source, from an essay on panic treatments.)
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Table of all options -- by evidence for their effectiveness
Use the links in the table to get more information on each medication. Medications listed in Italics have evidence for having both antimanic and antidepressant effects; medications listed in Bold have evidence that they can prevent recurrences.
Randomized trials positive Randomized trials negative Open trials suggestive Case reports/series
This is a site Misty found that lists the testing a neuropaych does. She is the queen of research tonight! Thanks Misty!
www.brainsource.com/nptests.htm
That is really a great site. I just went there and it has fantastic info.
This link lists the mood stabilizers and a bunch of info on each one.
www.psycheducation.org/depression/meds/moodstabilizers.htm
PsychEducation.org (home)
Mood Stabilizers: An Updated List and Links
Last update April 2005
Introduction
Table of all options -- by evidence for their effectiveness
How do I choose?
Which one is the best?
FDA-approved -- or not?
Introduction
Below you will find a list of the medications currently referred to as "mood stabilizers". (If you care about which are FDA approved for this use, read the explanation of what "approval" means. Here are some thoughts on what ought to be called a "mood stabilizer").
You can click links in the first table below for details about each one, or you can walk you through how the main ones are used and how we choose between them, in the Treatment section of this website. If you'd like to see them listed by how you might choose, based on your needs, see the second table. If you'd like a comparison of all of them, try the third table.
This list is updated frequently. To make sure this information matches current expert consensus, you can compare this list to the recently updated expert consensus guidelines. For a comparison view of all these medications from another psychiatrist, though in more technical lingo, see the excellent site by Dr. Peter Brigham.
The "randomized trials", in the first table coming up next, mean research studies with a "control group", a group that got another medication or a placebo while a similar group got the medication in question. A "positive trial" means that the medication performed as well or better than a comparison medication or placebo; whereas a "negative trial" means placebo was as good as the medication. An "open" trial means that patients and doctors both knew what medication was being added and when, and that there was no placebo group with which to compare results. (Here's more on why randomized trials are our best evidence source, from an essay on panic treatments.)
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Table of all options -- by evidence for their effectiveness
Use the links in the table to get more information on each medication. Medications listed in Italics have evidence for having both antimanic and antidepressant effects; medications listed in Bold have evidence that they can prevent recurrences.
Randomized trials positive Randomized trials negative Open trials suggestive Case reports/series
This is a site Misty found that lists the testing a neuropaych does. She is the queen of research tonight! Thanks Misty!
www.brainsource.com/nptests.htm
That is really a great site. I just went there and it has fantastic info.
