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Dr. Osser is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;150 Winding River Road, Needham, MA 02492; E-mail: [email protected].
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Acknowledgments. The author thanks the following individuals for their thoughtful reading and suggestions: James Evans, MD, Eliot M. Gelwan, MD, Nassir Ghaemi, MD, and Michael P. Krupa, EdD.
The author has disclosed that the use of lamotrigine for treatment of acute bipolar depression as discussed in this article has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
This continuing education activity is intended for psychiatrists and other health care professionals with an interest in psychotropic drug therapy.