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management of mania, pharmacological treatment plays a key part in
any comprehensive package of care. The pharmacological management
of mania is a skill essential to the practice of acute general
psychiatry.
Over recent years, new agents have joined the
armoury of anti-manic treatments and the evidence base for these
treatments is increasing. Updated guidelines for evidence-based
treatments for mania have been published; however, the management
of treatment-resistant mania remains challenging and is informed by
few studies.
This module summarises current thinking on the
neural mechanisms of mania and the current view of best practice in
its pharmacological management, focusing particularly on recently
published guidelines from the British Association of
Psychopharmacology.
- The assessment of mania and its context will
be discussed.
- A very brief overview of the neurophysiology
of mood regulation and the role of anti-manic agents will
follow.
- Thereafter, the recent British Association of
Pharmacology guidelines for the management of mania,
treatment-resistant mania and maintenance treatment will be
outlined.
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