Bipolar Disorders

The Official Journal of The International Society for Bipolar Disorders

Edited by:
K.N. Roy Chengappa and Samuel Gershon

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 20/156 Clinical Neurology; 51/219 Neurosciences; 22/101 Psychiatry
Impact Factor: 3.959

Bipolar disorders is a severe and debilitating mental illness, which has only recently started to receive the necessary attention from society, researchers, practitioners, government, and private funding agencies. In response to the need for further awareness, education, and research on this severe mental illness, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders was created in 1999. In the same year Bipolar Disorders, the official journal of the society, was launched. This international journal publishes all research of relevance to the basic mechanisms, clinical aspects, or treatment of bipolar disorders. It intends to provide a single international outlet for new research in this area. With an outstanding impact factor, the journal has made a huge impact on the biological psychiatry community and continues to be a valuable resource for authors and researchers alike.
The journal covers research in the following areas:

• biochemistry
• physiology
• neuropsychopharmacology
• neuroanatomy
• neuropathology
• genetics
• brain imaging
• epidemiology
• phenomenology
• clinical aspects
• and therapeutics of bipolar disorders

Bipolar Disorders also contains papers that form the development of new therapeutic strategies for these disorders as well as papers on the topics of schizoaffective disorders and recurrent depressive disorders, as these are cyclic disorders with areas of overlap with bipolar disorders.

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TopHighlights

As an international journal, Bipolar Disorders publishes all research of relevance to the basic mechanisms, clinical aspects, or treatment of bipolar disorders. The following articles are now available for you to read, search, and cite from, free of charge:

Diagnostic guidelines for bipolar disorder: a summary of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Diagnostic Guidelines Task Force Report
S Nassir Ghaemi, Michael Bauer, et al.

Pediatric bipolar disorder: validity, phenomenology, and recommendations for diagnosis
Eric A Youngstrom, Boris Birmaher, Robert L Findling

Volumetric neuroimaging investigations in mood disorders: bipolar disorder versus major depressive disorder
Jakub Z Konarski, Roger S McIntyre, et al.

Lamotrigine in the acute treatment of bipolar depression: results of five double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials
Joseph R Calabrese, Russell F Huffman, et al.

What is the optimal serum lithium level in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder - a review?
WE Severus, N Kleindienst, et al.

Diagnostic guidelines for bipolar depression: a probabilistic approach
Philip B Mitchell, Guy M Goodwin, et al.