BACKGROUND Screening scales for bipolar disorder including the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) and Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS) have been plagued by high false positive rates confounded by presence of borderline personality disorder. This study examined the accuracy of these scales for detecting bipolar disorder among patients referred for eating disorders and explored the possibi...

background bipolar disorder is a biological brain disorder which is associated with debilitating fluctuation in mood and adverse effects on patients, their families and society. the importance of genetics and its role in bipolar disorder is a controversial issue to discuss. evidence indicates a relation between the risk of bipolar disorder and specific genes. amongst the genes whose role has be...

BACKGROUND To report a case of branch retinal vein occlusion in a young adult with bipolar mood disorder treated with quetiapine fumarate. CASE PRESENTATION A 29 years old gentleman who was taking quetiapine fumarate for 3 years for bipolar mood disorder, presented with sudden vision loss. He was found to have a superior temporal branch retinal vein occlusion associated with hypercholesterole...

Lithium (Li) has been proved to be effective in acute and prophylactic treatments of bipolar mood disorder. Li may cause functional changes in kidney, which have been reported to be typically benign and reversible (1). One of the well-documented renal side effects of Li is polyuria. Li-induced ABSTRACT: EFFECTS OF LONGAND SHORT-TERM LITHIUM TREATMENT ON KIDNEY FUNCTIONING IN PATIENTS WITH BIPOL...

Bipolar disorder is a mental disease that can be presented as irritable mood with affective storms, mixed symptoms of depression and mania, rapid cycles, emotional labiality and irritability during all episodes. A confirmed positive familial history of the disease is the single most robust risk factor for developing the illness. This report presents 5.5 years-old girl with the symptoms of bipol...

BACKGROUND Persistent impairments in neurocognitive function have been described in patients with bipolar disorder whose disease is in remission. However, methodological issues such as the effect of residual mood symptoms and hypercortisolaemia may confound such studies. AIMS To assess neurocognitive functioning in prospectively verified euthymic patients with bipolar disorder. METHOD Sixty...

OBJECTIVE Migraine is a common comorbidity of bipolar disorder and is more prevalent in women than men. We hypothesized comorbid migraine would be associated with features of illness and psychosocial risk factors that would differ by gender and impact outcome. METHOD A retrospective analysis was conducted to assess association between self-reported, physician-diagnosed migraine, clinical vari...