• Discuss the prevalence of comorbid psychiatric conditions in patients with bipolar disorder. • Recognize the impact of comorbid psychiatric conditions on the course, morbidity and treatment of patients with bipolar disorder. • Recognize special issues in the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in women, children and the elderly. • Discuss Hippocratic approaches to treating bipolar dis...

The relative misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis of bipolar disorder is due in part to the 'soft' symptoms of bipolarity that characterize patients with non-classical bipolar disorder. While no agreement has been reached on the term for this group of patients, the most common classification used is 'bipolar spectrum', which shifts the emphasis in diagnosis away from polarity and toward other diagno...

BACKGROUND bipolar disorder is frequently misdiagnosed or diagnosed late. Misdiagnosis of Bipolar Disorder can have serious implications for prognosis and treatment of this condition. METHOD patients in a Community Mental Health Team were systematically screened for Bipolar Disorder. RESULTS There was a substantial increase in the number of bipolar patients diagnosed in the Community Mental...

introduction: nowadays, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy are the main treatments for bipolar mood disorders. using complementary and alternative medicine has increased over the past decade. valerian is a herb commonly marketed for treatment of insomnia, anxiety and depression however, positive results have also been reported in curing bipolar disorders. the mechanism of valerian’s effectivenes...

OBJECTIVE Some patients with bipolar disorder experience mood episodes following emotional life events, whereas others do not. There is evidence that orbitofrontal hypoactivity may be related to this, because the orbitofrontal cortex is involved in the regulation of emotional and behavioural responses to external events. The close anatomical and functional connection between the orbitofrontal c...

BACKGROUND Relapse and hospital admission are common among, and carry a heavy burden in, patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of relapse and hospitalizations in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder at the St Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. PATIENTS AND METHODS A hospital-based comparative cross-s...

BACKGROUND In the past, the first goal of bipolar disorder treatment was the reduction of symptoms of mania or depression, rather than the recovery of social functioning. Recently, as a result of an increased emphasis on patient needs, the concept of quality of life (QoL) has been brought into the treatment of physical illnesses. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The purpose of the present study was to ex...

Aim: To ascertain the relationship between quality of life and social support in bipolar patients who have been diagnosed. STUDY DESIGN: cross-sectional research design Place duration study: The was performed impatiently on Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan at Department Psychiatry Behavioral Sciences, which ran from January 2018 to July 2019. Method: Data retrieved 100 patients, wit...

OBJECTIVE Early-onset bipolar disorder is thought to be a particularly severe variant of the illness. Continuity with the adult form of illness remains unresolved, but preliminary evidence suggests similar biological underpinnings. Recently, we observed localized hippocampal decreases in unmedicated adults with bipolar disorder that were not detectable with conventional volumetric measures. Usi...