title: Treatment of acute mania.
abstract: Treatment of acute mania requires attention to both specific and nonspecific antimanic medications. The choice of specific agents now includes lithium, carbamazepine, and valproate; and nonspecific agents include benzodiazepines, calcium channel blockers, alpha adrenergic agonists, as well as neuroleptic drugs. Treatment-resistant manic states are best treated by careful sequential strategies that may include polypharmacy and electroconvulsive therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gerner
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D016651:Lithium Carbonate / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D016651:Lithium Carbonate