Bipolar III disorder

Author/s
Holly Cakebread
Citation
Issue 3 Summer 2013
CEPiP.2013;1:184-187
Abstract

Bipolar III is an emerging diagnosis used to describe mania induced by antidepressant therapy prescribed for bipolar patients in a depressive episode. This article reviews the evidence and summarises the safest way to treat bipolar depression.

Keywords: bipolar disorder, antidepressant agents, depressive disorder, manic episode

Cite as: Cutting Edge Psychiatry in Practice 2013, 3(1):184-187; https://doi.org/10.65031/sepc9017

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