Recommended Web Links to Currently Published Guidelines

Adults

American Psychiatric Association Bipolar Guidelines:
Guideline Watch, Guideline, and Quick Reference Guide: http://www.psychiatryonline.com/pracGuide/pracGuideTopic_8.aspx 

Texas Implementation of Medication Algorithm (TIMA) Bipolar Guidelines: 
Clinician’s Manual and Treatment Algorithm: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhprograms/tima.shtm 

Expert Consensus Guidelines Medication Treatment of Bipolar Disorder 2004: http://www.psychguides.com/bipolar

Children and Adolescents

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 2007 Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 2007;46(1):107-125.
http://www.aacap.org/galleries/PracticeParameters/JAACAP_Bipolar_2007.pdf

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