Cognitive deficits in elderly bipolar patients may herald dementia
Elderly patients with bipolar disorder have persistent cognitive dysfunction, prospective study findings suggest. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Facial fear recognition responses identified in adolescent bipolar disorder
Patients with adolescent bipolar disorder show increased neural activity and a prolonged response when presented with fearful faces compared with neutral faces, suggest study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Bipolar recovery questionnaire is valid measure
Researchers have devised a bipolar recovery questionnaire that appears to be reliable and valid for assessing personal recovery in patients with bipolar disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
High rates of cannabis use in people with mental illnesses
People with mental illnesses have a significantly higher prevalence of cannabis use and cannabis use disorders than mentally healthy individuals, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Bipolar recovery questionnaire is valid measure
Researchers have devised a bipolar recovery questionnaire that appears to be reliable and valid for assessing personal recovery in patients with bipolar disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
High rates of cannabis use in people with mental illnesses
People with mental illnesses have a significantly higher prevalence of cannabis use and cannabis use disorders than mentally healthy individuals, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Ventral striatal activity possible biomarker for bipolar II disorder
Researchers have observed increased activity in the ventral striatum in response to reward anticipation in patients with bipolar II disorder compared with patients with bipolar I disorder and mentally healthy controls, leading them to suggest that it could be a biomarker for the disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mood lability and related symptoms may predict bipolar disorder
Mood lability and mania-like, anxious/depressive, and irritability symptoms may be good candidates as prodromal symptoms of bipolar disorder, and, if confirmed, could be a possible target for treatment, US research indicates. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Incidence rates of bipolar disorder in general population confirmed
Researchers have estimated the incidence ratio of bipolar disorder in the general population of the Netherlands to be 0.7/10,000 person-years. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
CBT improves dysfunctional attitudes, memory in bipolar disorder
Cognitive behavioural therapy improves dysfunctional attitudes and is associated with a reduction in residual symptoms in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder, results from a French study show. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
