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Psychiatria pre prax 1/2017
Aripiprazole in the treatment of bipolar disorder – its use in the clinical practice
Aripiprazole is atypical antipsychotik (partial agonist of D2 and 5-HT1A and antagonist of 5-HT2A receptors). Aripiprazole is effective in the short and longterm treatment of bipolar affective disorder. We demonstrate on 3 case reports of bipolar patients when is possible to use aripiprazole in the treatment of this disorder.
Keywords: aripiprazole, bipolar affective disorder, efficacy, tollerability, augmentation, atypic antipsychotics
