ArticleJournal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)2016
Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: Revised third edition recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology.
Article in Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 281 papers, 22 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Acceptability and Feasibility of a DBT Skills Group Intervention for Bipolar Disorder - a Randomized Pilot Trial
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Who cites it
281 citing papers in PubMed, 22 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,281 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Evidence-based consensus guidelines for the pharmacological management of substance dependence: Recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2026Guideline
- Interventions for helping people recognise early signs of recurrence in bipolar disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy, safety, and tolerability of pharmacotherapies for acute mania in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The impacts of antipsychotic medications on eating-related outcomes: A mixed methods systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Practice Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder by the JSMD (Japanese Society of Mood Disorders).Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2024Guideline
- Challenges in defining treatment-resistant mania in adults: A systematic review.Bipolar disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Evidence-based consensus guidelines for the management of catatonia: Recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2023Guideline
- Comparison of the efficacy and safety of quetiapine and lithium for bipolar depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2022Pooled it
- Mood Stabilizers and Antipsychotics for Acute Mania: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Augmentation Therapy vs Monotherapy From the Perspective of Time to the Onset of Treatment Effects.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Pharmacological treatment for bipolar mania: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of double-blind randomized controlled trials.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Mitochondrial modulators in the treatment of bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Lithium treatment of Bipolar disorder in adults: A systematic review of randomized trials and meta-analyses.European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Combining schizophrenia and depression polygenic risk scores improves the genetic prediction of lithium response in bipolar disorder patients.Translational psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Ketamine and other glutamate receptor modulators for depression in adults with bipolar disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Lithium concentration and recurrence risk during maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder: Multicenter cohort and meta-analysis.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2021Pooled it
- Mood stabilizers and/or antipsychotics for bipolar disorder in the maintenance phase: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Molecular psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Efficacy and tolerability of atypical antipsychotics for acute bipolar depression: a network meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Scope, quality and inclusivity of international clinical guidelines on mental health and substance abuse in relation to dual diagnosis, social and community outcomes: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Pharmacological Augmentation in Unipolar Depression: A Guide to the Guidelines.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2020Pooled it
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27 authors at 20 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
The British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines specify the scope and targets of treatment for bipolar disorder. The third version is based explicitly on the available evidence and presented, like previous Clinical Practice Guidelines, as recommendations to aid clinical decision making for practitioners: it may also serve as a source of information for patients and carers, and assist audit. The recommendations are presented together with a more detailed review of the corresponding evidence. A consensus meeting, involving experts in bipolar disorder and its treatment, reviewed key areas and considered the strength of evidence and clinical implications. The guidelines were drawn up after extensive feedback from these participants. The best evidence from randomized controlled trials and, where available, observational studies employing quasi-experimental designs was used to evaluate treatment options. The strength of recommendations has been described using the GRADE approach. The guidelines cover the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, clinical management, and strategies for the use of medicines in short-term treatment of episodes, relapse prevention and stopping treatment. The use of medication is integrated with a coherent approach to psychoeducation and behaviour change.
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