More research needed on late-life mania
Mania is relatively common among psychiatric inpatients older than 50 years, many of whom are experiencing such symptoms for the first time, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - August 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Preventing manic episodes ‘key to work success’
Repeated manic episodes and executive dysfunction are significant contributors to poor work adjustment in people with bipolar disorder, a study suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - August 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Childhood adversity raises psychopathology risk
Adverse experiences in childhood are associated with an increased risk for psychopathology in the offspring of people with bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder, a study by US researchers indicates. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - August 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Theory of mind deficit found in bipolar disorder
People with bipolar disorder show theory of mind impairment, based on impaired performance on the Picture Sequencing Task, Australian researchers have found. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - August 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Temperament affects bipolar treatment adherence
Patients with bipolar II disorder and acute depression are more likely to be nonadherent to medication if they have a cyclothymic temperament, say Italian researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - August 6, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Family psychopathology increases bipolar disorder risk
Family conflict and parental psychopathology can increase a child’s risk for developing bipolar disorder, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - August 6, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Subjective sleep assessment reliable in bipolar disorder
Total sleep time can be accurately monitored in bipolar disorder patients using sleep diaries, suggest findings from a naturalistic study. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - August 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Collaborative chronic care tackles comorbidity in bipolar patients
A collaborative chronic care model helps patients with bipolar disorder to reduce their cardiovascular disease risk, shows a randomized trial. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - August 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Minor physical anomalies predict bipolar I disorder risk
Study findings confirm the presence of abnormal neurodevelopment in patients with bipolar I disorder and suggest minor physical anomalies could be used to distinguish such patients from mentally healthy individuals. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - August 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Ingestion sensors track psychiatric medication adherence
A digital health feedback system involving the ingestion of a digital sensor could help improve medication adherence in patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, study findings show. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - July 31, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cognitive tests predict employability in bipolar disorder
Patients with bipolar disorder who are not employed despite being in euthymia have poorer neurocognition than those who are in a job, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - July 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Individual bipolar maintenance treatment achievable
The wide range of medications currently available for the treatment of bipolar disorder means that clinicians can tailor maintenance treatment to their patients’ individual needs, an observational study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - July 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Polarity index helps focus bipolar treatment
Study findings confirm the benefit of identifying the polarity index of patients with bipolar disorder in order to optimize their treatment. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - July 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Preventive medical care critical for bipolar patients
A large part of the increased mortality risk among patients with bipolar disorder may be due to delayed diagnosis and treatment of comorbidities, suggests research published in JAMA Psychiatry. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - July 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Hypomania screen valid across cultures
The performance of the Hypomania Checklist–32 revised version 2 is largely independent of patients’ cultures, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - July 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
