Typical Medical Treatments

Antimanic (for bipolar disorders)

        Prophylaxis

• Lithium Carbonate

• Depakote

• Tegretol

• Neurontin

• Gabatril

  Acute and prophylaxis

Antipsychotics (see below)

Antidepressants

• Zoloft

• Celexa

• Remeron

• Prozac

• Paxil

Antianxiety/OCD/Panic

• Xanax

• Paxil

• Prozac

Antipsychotics (for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders or psychosis)

• Risperdal

• Zyprexa

• Clozaril

• Seroquel

• Haldol

Ruth Sposili received her M.S.N. in Psychiatric Nursing from Yale University