title: [2nd Argentine consensus on the treatment of bipolar disorders 2010].
abstract: The consensus guidelines of Argentine experts in the treatment of bipolar disorders are the result of three days of work of the 9 main local experts under the organization of the Argentine Association of Mood Disorders (ASATHU). This work is an update of the guidelines published on this journal in 2006. It was adopted a mixed criterion for its preparation: all the recent data of the evidence medicine based published until now were discussed and were balanced with the knowledge acquired from clinical experience of the local experts on the bipolar field. It presents general recommendations and suggested therapeutic sequences for maintenance, manic/hypomanic or mixed episode and depressive episode treatments. Bipolar disorders have been divided according to the international classifications in type I and II; with or without rapid cycling. This work also includes a series of recommendations for early and differential diagnosis of bipolar disorders.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Trastornos Bipolares, Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Favaloro. sstrejilevich@ffavaloro.org.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strejilevich
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García Boneto
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zaratiegui
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vilapriño
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lupo
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cetkovich-Bakmas
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs