Factors associated with functional recovery in bipolar disorder patients

Functional recovery is limited in people with bipolar disorder.

Population: 173 people (mean age 33 years, 55% male) were consecutively recruited within 72 hours of psychiatric hospitalisation for manic (75%) or mixed (25%) episode bipolar disorder (DSM-IV criteria). Exclusions: current substance withdrawal, delirium, previous psychiatric hospitalisation unless for detoxification only, documented IQ ,70, ill for .1 year, previous treatment with a mood stabi...

recurrence in patients with bipolar disorder and its risk factors

objective: the aim of this study was to identify prognosis factors associated with recurrence in patients ‎with bipolar disorder.‎‎ method: this retrospective cohort study was conducted in hamadan province, the west of iran. all ‎patients (n = 400) with bipolar disorder who were hospitalized for the second time or more ‎during april 2008 to september 2014 were included in this study. ordinal lo...

Nonadherence Effective Factors in Bipolar Disorder With Previous Rehospitalization

Objective: Bipolar disorder is a severe mental disorder, and its prevalence is around 1% to 2%. Despite a vast literature around bipolar disorder, the reasons of its nonadherence and rehospitalization is still obscure. Several symptoms of bipolar disorder include changes in activity level, cognitive abilities, speech, and vegetative functions, such as sleep, sexual activity, as well as aggressi...

Functional status and its associated factors in Nigerian adolescents with bipolar disorder.

OBJECTIVE This study assessed general functioning in Nigerian adolescents with bipolar disorder. It also determined the factors associated with functioning in these adolescents. METHOD Adolescents with bipolar disorder diagnosed over one year or more attending the outpatient unit of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu (FNHE), Nigeria for follow-up visits were interviewed with a socio-de...

Functional impairment in patients with remitted bipolar disorder.