Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Valproate
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Bipolar disorder (manic and mixed episodes, with or without psychotic features), epilepsy (complex partial seizures, simple and complex absence seizures), migraine prophylaxis
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Aggression, borderline personality disorder, impulse control disorders
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Last updated: August 24, 2025
Citation
Weinstein, Sujin L. "Valproate." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2025. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787477/9/Valproate.
Weinstein SL. Valproate. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787477/9/Valproate. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Weinstein, S. L. (2025). Valproate. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787477/9/Valproate
Weinstein SL. Valproate [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787477/9/Valproate.
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