title: [Antidepressants in bipolar disorder: beware of risks!].
abstract: The value of antidepressants in bipolar disorder is the subject of significant controversy. The prescription of antidepressants remains frequent in clinical practice despite international guidelines recommending serious carefulness in their use. Caution should be exerted before the initiation of a treatment for an episode of major depression in a bipolar patient. The prescription of antidepressants might be envisaged in case of therapeutic failure with a thymostabilizing agent, and always in association with a preventive therapy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie et de Psychologique médicale, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pitchot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scantamburlo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansseau
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents