Bipolar disorder (previously also labeled manic-depressive illness) is typically referred to as an episodic, yet lifelong and clinically severe affective (or mood) disorder, affecting approximately 3.5% of the population (Marmol, 2008; Simon, 2003; Wittchen et al., 2003; Woods, 2000). The term bipolar disorder, however, encompasses several phenotypes of mood disorders, i.e. mania, hypomania or ...

As the diagnostic assessment and pharmacological treatment of mania have advanced during the last fifteen years, mental health professionals have become increasingly interested in the relationship between mania, aggression, and criminality .1-9 Nevertheless, the actual number of manic criminals who have been studied has been low. Good's8 review of 23 studies of manic-depressive defendants and c...

Rates of bipolar disorder in any sample will depend on the sample studied, the interview used, with whom, how the information is integrated, the criteria applied, and the conceptualisation of a manic episode and its symptoms. A cross-national diagnostic study is needed to determine the implications of different approaches and definitions.

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...

Twelve unipolar manics satisfying the inclusion criteria of having had three episodes of mania without a depressive episode were compared against bipolar manics on clinical psychopathology, demographic variables and family history of psychiatric morbidity. We Found no differences between the two groups on any of the variables studied and concluded that unipolar mania is clinically homogenous wi...

A case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) following treatment with sodium valproate is presented. A 55-year-old male suffering from manic episode was treated with sodium valproate in addition to haloperidol and trihexiphenidyl. After two weeks he developed cutaneous manifestations of SJS. He was treated with systemic steroids, antihistamines and topical calamine lotion and recovered after a few ...

objective: this study aimed to evaluate the non-compliance rate in patients with bipolar i disorder (bid). methods: the patients admitted to iran psychiatric hospital who were diagnosed as a case of the first episode mania of bipolar i disorder (dsm-iv-tr) by 2 psychiatrists followed by one of them in a longitudinal, prospective and naturalistic study. in the follow-up early non-compliance/irre...