Adjunctive antipsychotic after mania remission effective over 24 weeks

Twenty‐four weeks of adjunctive therapy with risperidone or olanzapine after remission of acute mania was effective in reducing relapse to a mood episode, but a longer 52‐week duration of adjunctive antipsychotic treatment showed no additional benefit and increased the risk of adverse effects, a new study has found.
Source: The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update - Category: Psychiatry Tags: What's New in Research Source Type: research