CellWell record HH-123283
Behavioral and emotional adverse events of drugs frequently used in the treatment of bipolar disorders: clinical and theoretical implications
Alejandro Szmulewicz; Cecilia Samamé; Pablo Caravotta; Diego J. Martino; Ana Igoa; Diego Hidalgo‐Mazzei; Francesc Colom; Sergio Strejilevich
International Journal of Bipolar Disorders · 2016
In plain language
This review found that drugs used for bipolar disorder cause distinct behavioral adverse effects: SSRIs induce emotional blunting and reduced sexual desire, lithium an amotivational syndrome, and lamotrigine hypersexuality and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
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