In the final episode of our psychopharmacology basics series, we are going to discuss commonly used mood stabilizers including lithium, valproic acid, lamotrigine, carbamazepine, and oxcarbazepine. What conditions are they used for? How do they work? What are their side effect profiles? How do we dose and monitor them? And what’s up with all these levels? We’ll explore all of this and then test your knowledge with some review questions.

Photo credit: mtstradling, “storage tank II,” Flickr

Episode Music Credit: Javier Suárez, Tumbling Dishes, Better With Music