Psychiatria pre prax 3/2007

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS LIKE A MOOD STABILISERS

Bipolar affective disorder (BAD) is complex and serious mental disorder characterized by variety of symptoms. Treatment of BAD derive benefit from a wide spectrum of medicaments, inclusive of lithium, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, anxiolytics, hypnotics and, of course, typical and atypical antipsychotics. The aim of successful is not only encompassment of acute phase, but firstly achievement of remission, prevention of relapse and long-time maintenance. Atypical antipsychotics are available realize, to measure, all of these requests. Atypical antipsychotics have antimanic, antidepressive and mood stabilizing effect. We have no optimal medication do long term therapy of BAP in the meantime. Atypical antipsychotics represent from some few acceptable few alternatives. These bring to utility, when we can’t or we don’t want to use „classical“ mood stabilisers and in the case of previous unsuccessful treatment. This article reviewed available literature on use of atypical antipsychotics in the long-time treatment of BAD.

Keywords: therapy, bipolar affective disorder, atypical antipsychotic.