The safety, acceptability, and effectiveness of acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for acute symptoms in bipolar disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 897-905

  Dennehy, Ellen B ^a   Schnyer, Rosa ^b   Bernstein, Ira H ^c   Gonzalez, Robert ^c   Shivakumar, Geetha ^c   Kelly, Dorothy I ^c   Snow, Diane E ^c,d   Sureddi, Suresh ^c   Suppes, Trisha ^c,e,f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; APLENZIN; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; MELATONIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NIRAVAM; NORADRENALIN; OLANZAPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE; STAVZOR; TIOTIXENE; TOPIRAMATE; TRAZODONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE; ZOLPIMIST;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AFFECT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERIDIANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649214812     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08m04208     Document Type: Article

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