{"title":"Mood stabilisers","authors":"Rebecca Henry","doi":"10.1016/j.mpmed.2024.07.003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Mood stabilisers (mainly lithium, valproate, lamotrigine and carbamazepine) are used to treat patients with bipolar affective disorder. Some antipsychotic agents also have mood-stabilising properties. This article gives general advice on when each medication might be used, how to monitor patients, and common adverse effects and drug interactions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74157,"journal":{"name":"Medicine (Abingdon, England : UK ed.)","volume":"52 9","pages":"Pages 577-582"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Medicine (Abingdon, England : UK ed.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1357303924001737","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mood stabilisers (mainly lithium, valproate, lamotrigine and carbamazepine) are used to treat patients with bipolar affective disorder. Some antipsychotic agents also have mood-stabilising properties. This article gives general advice on when each medication might be used, how to monitor patients, and common adverse effects and drug interactions.