A call for a holistic approach to bipolar treatment

Treatment of mood disturbance in bipolar disorder is undergoing a paradigm shift, according to a paper on Pharmaweb.com Traditionally, drug therapy has been focussed on efficacy in acute mania or depression. Now psychiatrists are realizing the need to evaluate drug treatments from other perspectives, Their full effects as acute and mood-stabilising agents, side effect profiles, effects on neurocognitive functioning, quality of life, and on psychosocial functioning, are also important when considering therapy.