Longitudinal research on bipolar disorders

Longitudinal research on bipolar disorders.

Longitudinal assessment of the course of major psychiatric disorders has been advanced by studies from onset, but only rarely have large numbers of patients with a range of psychotic and major affective disorders been studied simultaneously and systematically from illness-onset. The decade-long McLean-Harvard First Episode Project & International Consortium for Bipolar Disorder Research has sys...

Translational Research in Bipolar Disorders

1Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA 2Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3K7 3Mood Disorders Program and Women’s Health Concerns Clinic, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3K7 4Departments of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Psychiatr...

Technological aids for improving longitudinal research on substance use disorders

BACKGROUND There is a broad consensus that addictive behaviors tend to be chronic and relapsing. But for field studies of substance users, successfully tracking, locating, and following up with a representative sample of subjects is a challenge. METHODS The purpose of this paper is to provide a general overview of how current technological aids can support and improve the quality of longitudi...

Bipolar disorders: a review.

Bipolar disorders are common, disabling, recurrent mental health conditions of variable severity. Onset is often in late childhood or early adolescence. Patients with bipolar disorders have higher rates of other mental health disorders and general medical conditions. Early recognition and treatment of bipolar disorders improve outcomes. Treatment of mood episodes depends on the presenting phase...

Bipolar disorders through history