by Candida Fink, MD | May 12, 2008 | Advocacy
Sunday, May 11, 2008 – The Styles section of yesterday’s edition of The New York Times ran an interesting article by Gabrielle Glaser entitled “‘Mad Pride’ Fights a Stigma.” In the article, Glaser highlights the fact that people with mental...
by Candida Fink, MD | May 11, 2008 | Medications, Side effects
A visitor to the Bipolar Blog asked this question: “Do some medications used to treat bipolar disorder actually cause anxiety attacks as a side effect?” This is an interesting question and one that I hear quite often often. I always explain that even if I...
by Candida Fink, MD | May 8, 2008 | Bipolar Depression, Medications, Treatment
Mood stabilizers are usually effective in treating acute mania. Treating bipolar depression, however, is often more challenging for two reasons: Antidepressants tend to be less effective in treating bipolar depression than in treating unipolar depression, especially...
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