If all your patients with bipolar disorder are cured on mood stabilizers, you can skip this podcast.

But if not, you're going to learn some behavioral steps that will move them closer to recovery.

Welcome to the Carlyte Psychiatry Podcast, keeping psychiatry honest since 2003.

I'm Chris Agen, the editor-in-chief of the Carlott Psychiatry Report.

I'm Kelly Newsom, a psychiatric MP and a dedicated reader of every issue.

Today, we reach the end of the practice-changing updates from the International Bipolar Conference,

and here's a recap of the past episodes.

1. Screen for Bipolar Disorder with a tool that looks at signs and symptoms of the illness,

like the Rapid Mood Screener or the Bipolarity Index.

2. Use more lithium.

3. Move Larazidone up in your treatment algorithms now that it's generic, and keep Robert

posts 3Ls on the tip of your tongue for bipolar depression. Lithium, Lomotrogen, and

larazidone. Avoid valproate in women of childbearing age.

And five, when things go wrong in treatment, even if it's because your patient stops taking

their meds, assume it's your fault. You haven't found the meds they want to take.

Six, rate the symptoms at every visit and find a way to visually track them to find those cyclical

patterns that are the heart of bipolar illness.

7.

Make it your goal to improve functioning, not just symptom reduction.

8. Use light therapy for bipolar depression. 9. Use light therapy for bipolar depression.

9. Use dark therapy for active mania, mixed states, insomnia, and to prevent future episodes.

And today, number 10, social rhythm therapy.

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