Mood Emot.  2018 Mar;16(1):1-12. 10.0000/me.2018.16.1.1.

Korean Medication Algorithm for Bipolar Disorder 2018: Overview

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Seoul Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. wmbahk@catholic.ac.kr
  • 3Department of Psychiatry, Naju National Hospital, Naju, Korea. yoonbh@chollian.net
  • 4Department of Psychiatry, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea.
  • 5Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea.
  • 6Department of Psychiatry, Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University and Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Busan, Korea.
  • 7Department of Health Science and Technology, Graduate School of Inje University, Busan, Korea.
  • 8Department of Psychiatry, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju, Korea.
  • 9Department of Psychiatry, Keyo Hospital, Keyo Medical Foundation, Uiwang, Korea.
  • 10Department of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
  • 11Department of Psychiatry, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
  • 12Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
The Korean Medication Algorithm for Bipolar Disorder (KMAP-BP), which was first published in 2002 and updated in 2006, 2010 and 2014, is revised again through the expert's consensus of opinion.
METHODS
Out of eighty-four member of the review committee, sixty-one members completed the survey. We analyzed the answers, and thus discussed the data and held a clinician hearing on the results. Therefore, we report the results of KMAP-BP 2018.
RESULTS
The preferred first-step strategies for acute euphoric mania are the combination of mood stabilizer (MS) and atypical antipsychotics (AAP), MS monotherapy and AAP monotherapy. For psychotic mania, combination of MS and AAP, and AAP monotherapy are preferred. The first-step strategies for acute bipolar, mild to moderate, depression are MS monotherapy, lamotrigine (LTG) monotherapy, AAP monotherapy, MS+AAP combination, AAP+LTG combination and MS+LTG combination. For non-psychotic severe depression, the MS+AAP combination, AAP+LTG combination and MS+LTG combination are preferred. For psychotic severe depression, the MS+AAP, AAP+antidepressant (AD) and AAP+LTG are preferred.
CONCLUSION
We surveyed the expert consensus for the treatment of bipolar disorders and developed KMAP-BP 2018. We hope that this KMAP-BP 2018 is going to be helpful for clinicians to treat the patients with bipolar disorder.

Keyword

Bipolar disorder; KMAP-BP 2018, Pharmacotherapy; Algorithm

MeSH Terms

Advisory Committees
Antipsychotic Agents
Bipolar Disorder*
Consensus
Depression
Hearing
Hope
Humans
Antipsychotic Agents
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