Bipolar Disorders: Mixed States, Rapid-Cycling, and Atypical Forms

viTable of Contents10 Bipolar disorder in children and adolescents 237Boris Birmaher and David Axelson11 Atypical features of bipolarity in old age 252Kenneth I. Shulman12 Comorbidity in mixed states and rapid-cycling forms of bipolar disorders 263Peter Brieger13 Challenges in the genetics of bipolar disorder 277Kathleen Merikangas and Kelly Yu14 Biological aspects of rapid-cycling and mixed states 311Heinz Grunze and Jörg Walden15 The treatment of bipolar mixed states 324John Cookson and Saad Ghalib16 The use of atypical antipsychotic agents in the treatment of diagnosticsubgroups of bipolar disorder: mixed and pure states, psychotic andnon-psychotic 353Robert W. Baker, Leslie M. Schuh, and Mauricio Tohen17 Investigational strategies: treatment of rapid cycling, mixed episodes,and atypical bipolar mood disorder 369Gary Sachs and Mandy GravesIndex 386