Mood Stabilizers Articles
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- The Naked Bird Watcher, The Snow Globe Journals, and To Walk on Eggshells
Bipolar disorder is an isolating disease that is difficult to describe and almost impossible to understand from the outside. Its relentless ups and downs create a crushing defeat in the lives of both sufferers and ...
- Depression: New Medications On The Horizon
With the advent of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in the 1950s, ...
- Discontinuing Psychiatric Medications: What You Need to Know
Many people have a dark view of medication withdrawal. They may have read or heard the scary stories about uncomfortable side ...
- Pregnancy and Psychotropic Medications
Pregnancy can be a challenging time for women with long-term mental disorders. While mental illness is common among women of childbearing age, it ...
- Taking Medication: 16 Ways to Become a Smart Self-Advocate
When we walk into the doctor’s office, for many of us, the scenario looks like this: We list off our symptoms, the doctor asks a few questions, writes out a prescription and we go on ...
- Bipolar Disorder Fact Sheet
All of us experience changes in our moods. Some days we might feel irritable and frustrated; other days, we’re happy and excited. However, individuals with bipolar disorder experience severe mood swings that impair their ...
- What is Discontinuation Syndrome?
Psychiatric drugs, such as antidepressants and antipsychotics, are commonly prescribed to treat a wide variety of mental disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. One of the possible side effects of ...
- Upcoming Psychiatric Medications in the Pipeline
It's hard to understand all of the drugs in development for mental disorders, but here are a few that we've been able to get a handle on that have been recently approved for prescription, or ...
