Tag: Bipolar Affective Disorder
Poor Verbal Memory Tied to Psychiatric Hospitalization With Affective Disorders
Findings significant after adjusting for age, sex, diagnosis, and depression severity
Youth With Bipolar Disorder Rate Their QoL Worse Than Healthy Youth
However, no significant difference seen in quality-of-life rating for youth with bipolar disorder, those with unipolar depression
Lipid Profiles Altered in People With Severe Mental Illness
Authors say findings similar across people with schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder in three distinct geographic settings
Genetic Risk Scores Tied to Psychiatric Diagnostic Trajectories
Findings seen for major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia
Smartphone App May Be Beneficial for Some With Bipolar Disorder
Does not reduce risk of relapse overall, but can reduce relapse risk and manic symptom severity for low-risk individuals
Causal Link Identified Between Bipolar Disorder, IBD
Genetically predicted BD significantly positively associated with risk for inflammatory bowel disease
Psychosis, Bipolar Disorder May Be Predictable Years Before Disease Onset
Half of those who developed psychosis and bipolar disorder in Finland had attended Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Psychiatric Advance Directives Effective for Mental Disorders
Peer worker-facilitated PADs are effective for reducing compulsory hospital admissions, improving some mental health outcomes
Clinical Predictors Could Guide Lithium Dosage in Bipolar Disorder
Model based on six clinical predictors explained 61.4 and 49.8 percent of variance in body clearance of lithium, respectively, in two cohorts
Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality Higher With Serious Mental Illness
Association stronger in most recent decades and among those with schizophrenia
