Slower cognitive response times in adolescents at risk for bipolar disorder
Adolescents with a familial risk for bipolar disorder have slower cognitive response times overall and have greater variability in those times than adolescents without such a family history, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cognitive deficits do not indicate oncoming manic episode
Neurocognitive deficits among those who are at ultra high risk for psychosis do not significantly differ between those who transition to bipolar disorder and those who do not transition to bipolar disorder or psychosis, a study finds. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Diabetes, hyperlipidemia risk increased in severe mental disorders
Asian patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia are at increased long-term risk for developing diabetes and hyperlipidemia, Taiwanese research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - April 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
CBCL profile identifies severe bipolar I disorder in children
A positive child behavior checklist-severe dysregulation profile, which denotes high scores for attention problems, aggressive behavior, and anxious-depression, could help identify children who are likely to develop a severe form of bipolar I disorder, according to study results. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Functional remediation shows promise in bipolar disorder
A team of Spanish researchers has shown that functional remediation, a novel group intervention, improves functional outcome in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder as compared with standard treatment. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 27, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Subtle differences in bipolar, unipolar depression
In the absence of information regarding mania and hypomania symptoms, a number of depression-related differences may help identify bipolar disorder in patients who have been misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder, suggest Chinese researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Sexual trauma predicts psychosis transition
Sexual trauma in childhood may significantly increase the risk for frank psychosis in patients at “ultra high risk” for the condition, study findings indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Predictors of soft bipolarity in depression patients identified
Japanese researchers have identified five clinical features that are independent predictors of “soft bipolarity” in patients experiencing a major depressive episode. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Quality of life largely unaffected by first mania episode
Quality of life is relatively good in patients with bipolar disorder after a first episode of mania, say researchers who found the severity of depressive symptoms to be the main predictor of poor QoL. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Brain alterations evident in bipolar II disorder
Results from a combined voxel-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging study show that patients with bipolar II disorder have structural brain alterations compared with mentally healthy individuals. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Depression signals start of mental disorder in bipolar patients’ children
Depression may be the first sign of a bipolar spectrum disorder in children with bipolar parents, indicate prospective study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Integrated approach needed for reducing crime in bipolar disorder patients
Criminal justice problems are relatively common among patients with bipolar disorder, but researchers have identified an array of risk factors that they believe will provide guidance when evaluating patients and identifying preventive strategies. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Memory best predicts socio-occupational outcome in early psychiatric illness
Assessment of neuropsychological functioning is better than psychiatric symptoms at predicting later socio-occupational functioning in young psychiatric outpatients, researchers say. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Social impairment may be specific to early-onset schizophrenia
Children and adolescents with schizophrenia have greater social impairment and developmental abnormalities than those with bipolar disorder, while both sets of patients have difficulties adapting to school, Spanish study findings suggest. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - March 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
