INTRODUCTION Singing in psychotic patients has received little attention in the psychiatric literature. In this preliminary study, we test the hypothesis that manic patients sing more than schizophrenic patients (SPs). MATERIALS AND METHODS Manic patients and SP inpatients and outpatients were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire which included questions on musical interests, and...

OBJECTIVE Mixed episodes have been described as more severe than manic episodes, especially due to their longer duration and their association with higher rates of suicide attempts, hospitalization and psychotic symptoms. The purpose of this study was to compare the severity between mixed and pure manic episodes according to DSM-IV criteria, through the evaluation of sociodemographic data and c...

introduction: estimating ephedrine’s effect on animal’s locomotor activity and evaluation of cumin fruit essential oil (feo) effect and mechanism of ephedrine-induced hyper-locomotion. methods: a new protocol developed for evaluation of manic behavior induced by ephedrine in a dose and time dependent manner. following the suppressive effects of cumin feo on acquisition and expression of ephedri...

BACKGROUND Previous studies found that patients with depressive disorders frequently have lifetime manic symptoms or even an unrecognized bipolar disorder and that these patients have more severe illness. In this study we investigated whether the presence of significant manic symptoms among patients presenting with depressive and/or anxiety disorders is associated with more severe illness, more...

OBJECTIVES Mood state heterogeneity in bipolar disorder leads to confusion in diagnosis and therapeutic strategies. Recently, the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) showed that two-thirds of bipolar-depressed patients had concomitant manic symptoms, these characteristics being linked to a more severe form of bipolar disorder. Moreover, manic symptoms occurri...

Mr. AR, a 24-year-old carpenter, was. brought into treatment for first-episode psychiatric illness. According to reports, AR's alteredbehaviour began suddenly, 2 days earlier and comprised hostility towards all and sundry, prolonged spells of shouting and abusiveness, mindless violence, almost total absence of sleep, and refusal of food. There was no past, personal, or family history of signifi...

BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Its detection and correct diagnosis highly relies on the report of past hypomanic or manic episodes. We investigated the recognition and awareness of past hypomanic and manic episodes in a sample of respondents with bipolar disorder selected from a general population study. METHODS In a reappraisal study from the Netherland...

BACKGROUND Cyclicity is the essential feature of Bipolar disorder, but the effect of different cycle patterns on the clinical features is poorly understood. Moreover, no studies investigated the relationship between mania and depression inside the manic-depressive cycle. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to verify the presence of a relationship between the manic and the depressive phase duri...