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The Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in Psychiatry
Key Points A “kindling hypothesis” of mood instability led to the search for anticonvulsant medications that might improve the course of illness in bipolar disorder (BPD). Divalproex sodium (valproate) and carbamazepine (in extended-release form) are effective in the treatment of…