TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  De Chiara, Lavinia
AU  -  Serra, Giulia
AU  -  Koukopoulos, Alexia Emilia
AU  -  Koukopoulos, Athanasios
AU  -  Serra, Gino
T1  -  Memantine in the treatment and prophylaxis of bipolar type II 
mood disorder and co-morbid eating disorder: a case report
PY  -  2014
Y1  -  2014-07-01
DO  -  10.1708/1600.17462
JO  -  Rivista di Psichiatria
JA  -  Riv Psichiatr
VL  -  49
IS  -  4
SP  -  192
EP  -  194
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2038-2502
Y2  -  2026/04/18
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1708/1600.17462
N2  -  SUMMARY. We have recently reported that memantine has a clinically relevant antimanic and long-lasting mood-stabilizing effect in treatment-resistant bipolar disorders, both as augmenting agent and as a monotherapy. Moreover, we observed an acute antimanic and sustained mood-stabilizing effect also in “naïve” bipolar type I disorder. Here we report a case history of a young woman suffering from bipolar type II mood disorder, associated with a very severe eating disorder, showing an acute antimanic and a long-term prophylactic effect of memantine on bipolar disorder and comorbid eating disorder.
ER  -