title: Memantine in the treatment and prophylaxis of bipolar type II mood disorder and co-morbid eating disorder: a case report.
abstract: We have recently reported that memantine has a clinically relevant antimanic and long-lasting mood-stabilizing effect in treatment- resistant bipolar disorders, both as augmenting agent and as a monotherapy. Moreover, we observed an acute antimanic and sustained mood-stabilizing effect also in "naïve" bipolar type I disorder. Here we report a case history of a young woman suffering from bipolar type II mood disorder, associated with a very severe eating disorder, showing an acute antimanic and a long-term prophylactic effect of memantine on bipolar disorder and comorbid eating disorder.
authors.forename: Lavinia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Chiara
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: Alexia Emilia
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Koukopoulos
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koukopoulos
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018692:Antimanic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008559:Memantine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D018692:Antimanic Agents; D008559:Memantine