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The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) consensus guidelines for the safety monitoring of bipolar disorder treatments.

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Ng, F; Mammen, OK; Wilting, I; Sachs, GS; Ferrier, IN; Cassidy, F; Beaulieu, S; Yatham, LN; Berk, M; International Society for Bipolar Disorders,
Published in: Bipolar Disord
September 2009

OBJECTIVES: Safety monitoring is an important aspect of bipolar disorder treatment, as mood-stabilising medications have potentially serious side effects, some of which may also aggravate existing medical comorbidities. This paper sets out the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) guidelines for the safety monitoring of widely used agents in the treatment of bipolar disorder. These guidelines aim to provide recommendations that take into consideration the balance between safety and cost-effectiveness, to highlight iatrogenic and preventive clinical issues, and to facilitate the broad implementation of therapeutic safety monitoring as a standard component of treatment for bipolar disorder. METHODS: These guidelines were developed by an ISBD workgroup, headed by the senior author (MB), through an iterative process of serial consensus-based revisions. After this, feedback from a multidisciplinary group of health professionals on the applicability of these guidelines was sought to develop the final recommendations. RESULTS: General safety monitoring recommendations for all bipolar disorder patients receiving treatment and specific monitoring recommendations for individual agents are outlined. CONCLUSIONS: These guidelines are derived from evolving and often indirect data, with minimal empirical cost-effectiveness data available to provide guidance. These guidelines will therefore need to be modified to adapt to different clinical settings and health resources. Clinical acumen and vigilance remain critical ingredients for safe treatment practice.

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Bipolar Disord

DOI

EISSN

1399-5618

Publication Date

September 2009

Volume

11

Issue

6

Start / End Page

559 / 595

Location

Denmark

Related Subject Headings

  • Societies, Scientific
  • Psychiatry
  • Monitoring, Physiologic
  • Humans
  • Consensus
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Antimanic Agents
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
 

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Ng, F., Mammen, O. K., Wilting, I., Sachs, G. S., Ferrier, I. N., Cassidy, F., … International Society for Bipolar Disorders, . (2009). The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) consensus guidelines for the safety monitoring of bipolar disorder treatments. Bipolar Disord, 11(6), 559–595. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00737.x
Ng, Felicity, Oommen K. Mammen, Ingeborg Wilting, Gary S. Sachs, I Nicol Ferrier, Frederick Cassidy, Serge Beaulieu, Lakshmi N. Yatham, Michael Berk, and Michael International Society for Bipolar Disorders. “The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) consensus guidelines for the safety monitoring of bipolar disorder treatments.Bipolar Disord 11, no. 6 (September 2009): 559–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00737.x.
Ng F, Mammen OK, Wilting I, Sachs GS, Ferrier IN, Cassidy F, et al. The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) consensus guidelines for the safety monitoring of bipolar disorder treatments. Bipolar Disord. 2009 Sep;11(6):559–95.
Ng, Felicity, et al. “The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) consensus guidelines for the safety monitoring of bipolar disorder treatments.Bipolar Disord, vol. 11, no. 6, Sept. 2009, pp. 559–95. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00737.x.
Ng F, Mammen OK, Wilting I, Sachs GS, Ferrier IN, Cassidy F, Beaulieu S, Yatham LN, Berk M, International Society for Bipolar Disorders. The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) consensus guidelines for the safety monitoring of bipolar disorder treatments. Bipolar Disord. 2009 Sep;11(6):559–595.
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Published In

Bipolar Disord

DOI

EISSN

1399-5618

Publication Date

September 2009

Volume

11

Issue

6

Start / End Page

559 / 595

Location

Denmark

Related Subject Headings

  • Societies, Scientific
  • Psychiatry
  • Monitoring, Physiologic
  • Humans
  • Consensus
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Antimanic Agents
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences