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Emanuel Severus
Researcher at Dresden University of Technology
Publications - 91
Citations - 2693
Emanuel Severus is an academic researcher from Dresden University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bipolar disorder & Lithium (medication). The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 89 publications receiving 2101 citations. Previous affiliations of Emanuel Severus include Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
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World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for Biological Treatment of Unipolar Depressive Disorders, Part 1: Update 2013 on the Acute and Continuation Treatment of Unipolar Depressive Disorders
Michael Bauer,Andrea Pfennig,Emanuel Severus,Peter C. Whybrow,Jules Angst,Hans-Jürgen Möller +5 more
TL;DR: This 2013 update of the practice guidelines for the biological treatment of unipolar depressive disorders was developed by an international Task Force of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry to produce a series of practice recommendations that are clinically and scientifically meaningful based on the available evidence.
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Lithium for prevention of mood episodes in bipolar disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis
Emanuel Severus,Matthew Taylor,Cathrin Sauer,Andrea Pfennig,Philipp Ritter,Michael Bauer,John R. Geddes +6 more
TL;DR: The evidence base for lithium in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorders has strengthened and lithium remains the most valuable treatment option in this indication.
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The suicide prevention effect of lithium: more than 20 years of evidence—a narrative review
Ute Lewitzka,Emanuel Severus,Rita Bauer,Philipp Ritter,Bruno Müller-Oerlinghausen,Michael Bauer +5 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of studies investigating the anti-suicidal effect of lithium in patients with affective disorders finds that the use of lithium is still underrepresented.
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World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for Biological Treatment of Unipolar Depressive Disorders. Part 2: Maintenance Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder-Update 2015
Michael Bauer,Emanuel Severus,Stephan Köhler,Peter C. Whybrow,Jules Angst,Hans-Jürgen Möller +5 more
TL;DR: This second part of the WFSBP guidelines on depressive disorders covers the management of the maintenance phase treatment, and is primarily concerned with the biological treatment of adults and also, albeit to a lesser extent, children, adolescents and older adults.
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Efficacy of pharmacotherapy in bipolar disorder: a report by the WPA section on pharmacopsychiatry
Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis,Siegfried Kasper,Ole A. Andreassen,Pierre Blier,Ahmed Okasha,Emanuel Severus,Marcio Versiani,Rajiv Tandon,Hans-Jürgen Möller,Eduard Vieta +9 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of the available data concerning the efficacy of medication treatment of bipolar disorder (BP) suggests that lithium, first and second generation antipsychotics and valproate and carbamazepine are efficacious in the treatment of acute mania.