Hypomania: a transcultural perspective

Basic income – A transcultural perspective

Behavioral disorders in Alzheimer disease: a transcultural perspective.

OBJECTIVES To compare 2 samples of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), from Italy and the United States, in order to determine transcultural differences in the manifestation of noncognitive symptoms. To analyze the concurrent validity, internal consistency reliability, between-rater reliability, and test-retest reliability of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Scale (NPI). METHODS The NPI was g...

The Transcultural Diabetes Nutrition Algorithm: A Canadian Perspective

The Transcultural Diabetes Nutrition Algorithm (tDNA) is a clinical tool designed to facilitate implementation of therapeutic lifestyle recommendations for people with or at risk for type 2 diabetes. Cultural adaptation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPG) recommendations is essential to address varied patient populations within and among diverse regions worldwide. The Canadian ...

Ziprasidone-induced hypomania

Dear Editor, The literature mentions innumerable substances which may induce symptoms of mania and hypomania. Besides antidepressants, which are well described, we should highlight atypical antipsychotics, as they have been used as adjuvants in the treatment of affective disorders. Cases of mania and hypomania induced by risperidone and olanzapine have been observed; however, few and isolated r...

Validating antidepressant-associated hypomania (bipolar III): a systematic comparison with spontaneous hypomania (bipolar II).

BACKGROUND According to DSM-IV and ICD-10, hypomania which occurs solely during antidepressant treatment does not belong to the category of bipolar II (BP-II). METHODS As part of the EPIDEP National Multisite French Study of 493 consecutive DSM-IV major depressive patients evaluated in at least two semi-structured interviews 1 month apart, 144 (29.2%) fulfilled the criteria for bipolar II wit...