Active clinical trials for "Bipolar Disorder"

This study is evaluating the potential antidepressive effect of a 4 week treatment protocol using the H-coil deep TMS device in bipolar depression.

In this study, patients with bipolar disorder who do not take their medications as prescribed will receive specialized education and therapy treatment to determine whether the specialized treatment is effective in helping patients to take their medications consistently.

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of two different mood stabilizing medications, lithium and valproate, in treating people with bipolar disorder and suicidal behavior.

This study will evaluate the relative effectiveness of risperidone Consta injections occurring every 2 weeks in contrast to treatment as usual in preventing symptomatic relapse and rates of rehospitalization or admission into respite care for bipolar patients. Hypothesis: Risperdal Consta injections every 2 weeks will reduce the number of symptomatic relapses into mania, hypomania, mixed state, or depression, as shown by key indicators that include symptomatic relapse, rehospitalizations, emergency or urgent care visits, respite care, and intensive outpatient treatment as compared to treatment as usual.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a behavioral treatment, contingency management, in reducing stimulant use in persons with serious mental illness.

Patients with bipolar I disorder (BD) experience depression 3 times more frequently than mania, and antidepressants are prescribed as adjuncts to mood stabilizers in up to 70% of patients. However, no placebo-controlled trials have assessed the efficacy or safety of modern antidepressants in combination with mood stabilizers in the maintenance treatment of BD. The investigators propose a multicentre, randomized, double-blind clinical trial comparing mood stabilizer plus antidepressant (escitalopram or bupropion XL) to mood stabilizer plus placebo in the maintenance treatment of BD. The investigators hypothesize that in clinically representative patients with bipolar disorder, who respond to acute treatment with a newer antidepressant medication in conjunction with a mood stabilizing medication, continuing the antidepressant for 12 months will reduce the risk of relapse into any mood episode, including depression, mania, and hypomania, compared to stopping the antidepressant after 8 weeks.

The study aims to assess the efficacy and tolerability of risperidone added to lithium, valproate or lamotrigine in patients experiencing a manic episode with depressive or irritable features.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of flexible-doses paliperidone ER (3 to 12 mg as needed) compared with placebo over 3 weeks in patients with Bipolar I Disorder who are experiencing an acute manic or mixed episode. This study will also evaluate the effects of paliperidone ER on global functioning, and will compare the effectiveness of flexible doses of paliperidone ER to that of quetiapine over 12 weeks.

3-week study to evaluate efficacy and safety of ziprasidone with either lithium or divalproex in acutely manic subjects

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy (how well the drug works) of risperidone compared to placebo (an inactive drug) in the treatment of bipolar disorder with panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder. Risperidone is currently approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar mania. Risperidone is not currently FDA approved for the treatment of bipolar hypomania with or without panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder (the condition being investigated in this study).