ôbjective: the mood disorder questionnaire (mdq) has been designed as a screening self-report inventory for diagnosing bipolar mood disorders. this study investigated the validity and the optimal cut-off threshold of the persian version of mdq in a group of ïranian depressive patients. methods: ône hundred and twenty patients with probable diagnosis of mood disorders attending psychiatric clini...

ôbjectives: non-adherence limits the effectiveness of medications among patients with bipolar disorder. many studies have investigated the predicting factors of non-adherence. this paper aims to present the pattern of adherence in patients with bipolar ï disorder (bïd). methods: seventy six patients with bïd enrolled in a prospective study. the medication possession ratio (mpr) was used to eval...

introduction: bipolar affective disorder is cyclic swinging of mood between mania or hypo-mania and depression. lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder is 2.4%. a numbers of risk factors are associated with bipolar disorders including age, sex, and genetic predisposition, environmental factors and socioeconomic status. the main objective of the conducted study was to assess vulnerability for bi...

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. â 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...

objective: patients with bipolar mood disorder constitute a relatively large number of individuals hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals. this disorder is highly co-morbid with other psychiatric disorders and may effect their clinical course. the goal of this study was to determine the co-occurrence rate of anxiety disorders and substance abuse with bipolar mood disorders and their impact on cl...

objective: to report the case of a 46-year old male with major depressive disorder, who represented manic symptoms, when olanzapine was added to his treatment. method: a 46-year old female, with a diagnosis of treatment resistant depression was referred to the authors. he had past history of depression for more than 20 years. the symptoms were present nearly every day since 1981, without any di...

aim and background: mood disorders are a significant group of psychiatric disorders. bipolar spectrum disorders are mood disorders that usually remain unrecognized and subsequently undertreated. one of the most useful screening instruments for underdiagnosed bipolar disorders is the mood disorder questionnaire (mdq). this paper presented the persian version and psychometric properties of mdq fo...

conclusions these findings support that the careful evaluation and prospective following of the psychopathology of children of parents with bipolar disorder are critical for early identification and treatment. results there were statistically significant differences between children of parents with and those without bipolar disorder regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, opposition...

objective: bipolar i disorder is a common disorder with a complex etiology. a genetic approach is gaining increasing importance in this disorder. the dysbindin gene, located at 6p22.3 is considered a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia. certain genotypes of dysbindin are thought to be associated with other psychoses such as bipolar disorders. this study intends to assess the association in pr...

olanzapine is the frequently prescribed drug in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder, but unfortunately it has metabolic side-effects. on the other hand, in a number of melatonin studies on sleep cycle, regulation of metabolic abnormalities has been reported. therefore, we aimed to study effects of melatonin in reducing metabolic side-effects of olanzapine in 11-17 year-old patients w...