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Pharmacopsychiatry 2005; 38(5): 225-226
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873162
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Quetiapine in the Treatment of Rapid-Cycling Bipolar II Disorder With Comorbid Anxiety and Social Phobia

A Case ReportG. Valerius1 , N. C. Biedermann1 , L. O. Schaerer1 , J. M. Langosch1
  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Innovative Treatment of Bipolar Disorder, Freiburg, Germany
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Received: 2.5.2005 Revised: 18.5.2005

Accepted: 6.7.2005

Publication Date:
27 September 2005 (online)

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In patients with bipolar illness, rapid cycling - defined as four or more episodes per year - is recognized as a condition that is relatively resistant to treatment [3]. We report a case of a woman with rapid-cycling bipolar II disorder who was successfully treated with quetiapine, a psychotropic agent that has previously been used for the treatment of schizophrenia and mania [2] [4] [6]. Within 6 months of initiating treatment, her mood swings subsided and her comorbid conditions of anxiety and social phobia improved.

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Jens M. Langosch, MD

Department of Psychiatry

Center for the Innovative Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

Hauptstrasse 5

D-79104 Freiburg

Germany

Email: jens_langosch@psyallg.ukl.uni-freiburg.de