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Dr. Jim Phelps
In addition to my practice of Psychiatry, I write PsychEducation.org, a non-profit website which presents, in 10th-grade English, 300 pages of information and references on complex topics in mental illness -- bipolar disorders, brain chemistry, important brain parts, and more. This Blog presents changes on the website; important new research results; and "What I Learned Today" -- from my patients. The website is free, but the book version below is an easier read...

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Does Aripiprazole (Abilify) Have Antidepressant Effects?

The short answer is: probably yes. A much longer answer has just been posted as an update to my webpage about aripiprazole and the "atypical antipsychotic" family of which it is a member.

If for one reason or another you are interested in the data on aripiprazole in bipolar depression, or Major (unipolar) Depression, I've summarized four studies, the three of them unpublished so far, which have recently been made available by the manufacturer.

See New Data on Aripiprazole.

JP

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1 Comments:

Anonymous said...

I can only speak for myself of course. In my case Abilify had a significant antidepressant affect. I am bipolar and also have seasonal depression during the winter. I was given Abilify in January and bounced up (not too far) immediately.

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