Mixed state impedes remission in bipolar depression
Researchers highlight the importance of identifying sub-syndromal manic symptoms in patients experiencing an episode of bipolar depression after finding these less prominent symptoms lengthen the time to remission. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Bipolar risk markers identified in depressed ADHD children
Researchers have identified risk markers for bipolar I disorder conversion in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and major depressive disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
DSM-IV insufficient for bipolar disorder diagnosis
Research findings support concerns that the text revision of the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is too restrictive for diagnosing bipolar disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring
A case–control study suggests that people have an increased risk for developing bipolar disorder if their mothers smoked during pregnancy. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
High bipolar medication adherence not elusive
Researchers have found “remarkably” high medication adherence rates among patients with bipolar disorder participating in a comparative effectiveness trial. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Bipolar disorder ‘distinct’ from borderline personality disorder
Researchers say that there are clear clinical differences between depressed patients with bipolar II disorder and those with borderline personality disorder, which supports the two being treated as distinct conditions. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Alcohol use disorders prevalent in bipolar disorder patients
Alcohol use disorders have a high rate of comorbidity with bipolar disorder in both men and women, according to findings from a recent systematic meta-analysis of both epidemiologic and clinical studies. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Comorbid anxiety warns of bipolar psychotherapy need
Comorbid anxiety may flag those patients with bipolar depression who are in particular need of intensive psychotherapy, suggest findings from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Affective dimensions aid bipolar disorder diagnosis
Measuring affective dimensions can help clinicians diagnose bipolar disorder in patients with first-episode psychosis, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Multiple aspects to severe bipolar mixed states
Researchers have identified four subgroups of severe bipolar mixed states, characterized by distinct symptomatologic presentations. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - October 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Exercise interventions may be needed in bipolar patients
An accelerometry study shows that patients with bipolar disorder tend to be mostly sedentary. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - September 27, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
T. gondii antibodies implicated in mania
Infection with Toxoplasma gondii may confer an increased risk for mania, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - September 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Stroke warning for bipolar patients
Patients with bipolar disorder are at an increased risk for having a stroke and for dying soon after their stroke, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - September 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Inflammation tracks mania course
Markers of inflammation are elevated in patients who are hospitalized for acute mania, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - September 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Impulsivity in bipolar disorder unrelated to substance abuse
Trait impulsivity is elevated and neurocognitive functioning is impaired in patients with bipolar disorder irrespective of whether they have a substance abuse history, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)
Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder - September 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
