Bipolar affective disorder, stress fractures, fungal dermopathy and 'tree frog fingers'.

Bipolar affective disorder, stress fractures, fungal dermopathy and 'tree frog fingers'.

Accepted 9 July 1997 A 5 1-year-old woman was referred to the Department of Endocrinology following her visit to a dermatological out-patient clinic. She gave an eight-year history of medical problems: following the death of her father she had consulted her general practitioner with weight loss, anxiety, psychomotor retardation and suicidal ideation. After these symptoms had failed to improve o...

Bipolar affective disorder

Bipolar Affective Disorder and Migraine

This paper consists of a case history and an overview of the relationship, aetiology, and treatment of comorbid bipolar disorder migraine patients. A MEDLINE literature search was used. Terms for the search were bipolar disorder bipolar depression, mania, migraine, mood stabilizer. Bipolar disorder and migraine cooccur at a relatively high rate. Bipolar II patients seem to have a higher risk of...

Bipolar affective disorder and psychoeducation.

OBJECTIVE Bipolar affective disorder runs a natural course of frequent relapses and recurrences. Despite significant strides in the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder, most bipolar patients cannot be treated only by drugs. The limitations of using medication alone in symptomatic, relapse prevention, and satisfaction/quality of life terms have long prompted interest in wider forms of ...

Traumatic Events Exposure and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Caregivers of Patients with Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Disorder and Comorbid Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Chronic diseases affect the lives of the patient and caregiver. Caring for a patient with a chronic psychiatric illness, such as bipolar disorder, is a stressful and challenging activity. Caregivers of severe psychiatric patients are the primary victims of violence by patients. Caring for these patients can be very stressful for the caregiver to the extent of experiencing post-traum...