Effectiveness of Adjunctive Gabapentin in Resistant Bipolar Disorder: Is It Due to Anxious-Alcohol Abuse Comorbidity?

We evaluated effectiveness and predictors of response of gabapentin (GBP) as adjunctive treatment in a sample of 43 subjects with DSM-III-R bipolar disorder who were resistant to standard mood stabilizers. Diagnostic evaluation was performed by means of the Semistructured Interview for Mood Disorder