Attributional behavior warns of mood transition
A tendency to make extreme attributions may forewarn of a change of mood in patients in a depressive bipolar episode, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 27, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychosis-based bipolar differentiation challenges DSM
Researchers suggest that weighting the presence or absence of psychotic features could improve the diagnosis of bipolar I and II disorders. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Sleep apnea rife in bipolar disorder
Obstructive sleep apnea may affect a substantial proportion of patients with bipolar disorder, so could have a large impact on their health and mortality risk, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
White matter changes a family affair in schizophrenia
Similar but attenuated loss of white matter integrity to that found in patients with schizophrenia can also be observed in their first-degree relatives, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Age at onset reveals bipolar profiles
A large study of patients with bipolar I disorder supports the concept that they can be divided into three subgroups based on their age at onset. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Depression impact overlooked in pediatric bipolar disorder
Depression has a larger effect than mania on the functioning of children with bipolar disorder, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Glutamate receptor gene variant linked to bipolar disorder
Researchers have found an association between a glutamate receptor 3 gene variant and bipolar disorder which, if confirmed, could provide a potential marker for personalized treatment of the psychiatric condition. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cognitive psychosis impact extends to relatives
The cognitive deficits commonly seen in patients with psychotic disorders are also present in their first-degree relatives, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Imaging data ‘clinically useful’ in bipolar diagnosis
Researchers have shown that a pattern recognition technique applied to brain imaging can help to diagnose bipolar disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
DSM-5 mixed specifier in manic episodes endorsed
Study findings showing depressive features are common during manic episodes in patients with bipolar disorder support the validity of the DSM-5 specifier of “mixed features” in such patients. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Schizoaffective disorder the ‘most severe’ psychosis
Schizoaffective disorder may be the most serious of the psychotic disorders in terms of patients’ long-term cognitive outcomes, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Binge eating a ‘distinct sub-phenotype’ of bipolar disorder
Binge eating disorder and obesity should be regarded as two separate subphenotypes in patients with bipolar disorder, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Epigenetic processes may link childhood maltreatment and bipolar risk
Childhood maltreatment may have a sustained effect on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, which could alter brain development and increase the risk for bipolar disorder, study findings suggest. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Increased likelihood for substance abuse in hypomania
Hypomania is associated with an increased risk for substance use and abuse, data from a US-wide survey indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 7, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Gender does not affect pediatric bipolar I disorder presentation
US researchers have found that girls and boys with pediatric bipolar I disorder have similar clinical presentations, and that the disorder is equally familial in both gender. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - June 6, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
