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Antidepressants fail in bipolar test
By Karen Augé Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 03/29/2007 01:22:44 AM MDT
For treating bipolar disorder depression, patients are as likely to get relief from sugar pills as they are from widely used antidepressants. The findings are sure to confound therapy, researchers say. "Bipolar depression is notoriously difficult to treat," said David Miklowitz, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Colorado at Boulder and an investigator on the study. This study, Miklowitz said, "helps us find what does and does not work." ... Treating bipolar disorder with antidepressants has been controversial because some therapists worry the drugs destabilize patients, said Dr. Michael H. Allen, co-director of the mood disorders program at CU's medical school and study investigator.


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