TREATMENT OF BIPOLAR DISORDER

1998年9月签署了一项合同，发射了一个大型， 由美国国家心理健康研究所赞助的多中心研究 （NIMH）。 这项研究定于1999年开始，旨在确定 最有效的治疗策略，并系统地评估 5 000 - 10 000人的药物和心理治疗结果 躁郁症患者。 来收集的数据 将对五年期进行分析，以确定各种 治疗的具体结果，生活质量和疾病相关的 成本合同的协调中心在马萨诸塞州 波士顿的综合医院 他们正在积极招募有潜力的 研究中心参与这一令人兴奋的纵向 这是NIMH有史以来赞助的最大规模的研究。

A contract was signed in September, 1998, launching is a large, multicenter study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Scheduled to begin in 1999, the study seeks to determine the most effective treatment strategies and to systematically assess outcomes of medication and psychosocial treatments for 5,000 - 10,000 patients with bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder. Data collected over a five year period will be analyzed to determine the impact of various treatments on specific outcomes, quality of life and illness-related costs. The Coordinating Center of the contract is at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. They are actively recruiting potential investigational sites to participate in this exciting longitudinal study, the largest such effort ever sponsored by the NIMH.