Delivery of mental health services is changing world wide including India. Practice has shifted from an instrumental model of care to community based and family involvement based techniques. Despite that centrally, the views and experiences of family on the utility of the present classification system have been little studied. Present study was aimed to assess the difference of family pathology...

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...

BACKGROUND Omega3 fatty acids may inhibit neuronal signal transduction pathways in a manner similar to that of lithium carbonate and valproate, 2 effective treatments for bipolar disorder. The present study was performed to examine whether omega3 fatty acids also exhibit mood-stabilizing properties in bipolar disorder. METHODS A 4-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, comparing omega...

We describe a stable bipolar female patient on medications that got switched into mania due to higher doses of prednisone prescribed for her severe sinusitis.

Because patients with major psychiatric illnesses increasingly are treated first--and sometimes exclusively--by primary care physicians, improved diagnostic skills and knowledge of treatment options are essential to improved patient outcomes and quality of life. This article reviews the incidence of bipolar disorder and burdens associated with misdiagnosis of the illness. It also emphasizes the...