History Report a problem
Article Edit this page Discussion

Mood stabilizer

From Psychology Wiki

(Redirected from Mood stabilisers)
Jump to: navigation, search

Community portal · Tasks to do · News · Help

Clinical · Educational · Ind&Org · Other fields · Professional · Transpersonal · World

Assessment | Biopsychology | Comparative | Cognitive | Developmental | Language | Personality | Philosophy | Research Methods | Social | Statistics

Clinical: Approaches · Group therapy · Techniques · Types of problem · Areas of specialism · Taxonomies · Therapeutic issues · Modes of delivery · Model translation project · Personal experiences ·


A mood stabilizer is a psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders characterized by rapid and unstable mood shifts. These disorders include bipolar disorder, where mood stabilizers suppress swings between mania and depression, and borderline personality disorder. Most mood stabilizers are anticonvulsants, with the important exception of lithium.

Mood stabilizers include:

Sometimes mood stabilizers are used in combination, such as lithium with one of the anticonvulsants.

Many atypical antipsychotics also have mood stabilizing effects and are thus commonly prescribed even when psychotic symptoms are absent. It is also conjectured that Omega-3 fatty acids may have a mood stabilizing effect. However, more research is needed to verify this (a multi-year study of this is now being carried out as of 2001).

Most mood stabilizers are effective at treating mania and mood cycling and shifting, but are not very effective at treating depression (with lamotrigine and lithium carbonate being exceptions). Often, an antidepressant is prescribed in addition to the mood stabilizer during depressive phases. However this brings some risks, as antidepressants can induce mania, psychosis, and other disturbing problems in bipolar patients, particularly when taken alone, but sometimes even when used with a mood stabilizer.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Manic-Depressive Illness by Frederick K. Goodwin and Kay Redfield Jamison.

[edit] External links


ru:Нормотимики
Smallwikipedialogo.png This page uses content from the English-language version of Wikipedia. The original article was at Mood Stabilizer. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Psychology Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Rate this article:

Share this article:

Hubs Highlights International Sites Wikia messages
Entertainment
Gaming
Cartoons & Comics
Science Fiction
Hobbies
Sports
See all...
Grand Theft Auto
Pushing Daisies
Legend of Zelda Wiki
Terminator Wiki
Everquest II Wiki
Godzilla
German
Spanish
Chinese
Japanese
More...
Wikia is hiring for several open positions
Send this article to a friend
"Mood stabilizer"
 
 
Hi!

I thought you'd like this page from Wikia!

http://psychology.wikia.com

Come check it out!
Send confirmation


.