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Practice Guideline
. 2024 Nov;78(11):633-645.
doi: 10.1111/pcn.13724. Epub 2024 Aug 28.

Practice Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder by the JSMD (Japanese Society of Mood Disorders)

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Practice Guideline

Practice Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder by the JSMD (Japanese Society of Mood Disorders)

Tadafumi Kato et al. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2024 Nov.

Abstract

The Japanese Society of Mood Disorders (JSMD) published treatment guidelines of bipolar disorder in 2011. The present guidelines incorporating new findings were developed to comply to the guidelines of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) by utilizing systematic reviews and meta-analysis and taking patient and family opinions as well as insights from multiple professional fields into account. They support combination therapy using mood stabilizers and second-generation antipsychotics in many aspects. They also have limitations, including the grouping of mood stabilizers and second-generation antipsychotics when meta-analysis was performed despite their distinct properties, due to the scarcity of drug-specific evidence. Despite the limitations, these guidelines provide clinical decision support for psychiatrists in Japan.

Keywords: bipolar disorder; meta‐analysis; pharmacotherapy; psychosocial support; systematic review.

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