Physical treatments for bipolar disorder: A review of electroconvulsive therapy, stereotactic surgery and other brain stimulation techniques

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Loo, Colleen ^a,b,c   Katalinic, Natalie ^d   Mitchell, Philip B ^a,c,e   Greenberg, Benjamin ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Northside Clinic   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Electroconvulsive therapy; Surgery; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC SEIZURE THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 79958134275     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.08.017     Document Type: Review

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