The frequency of bipolar II disorder (BD II) is higher than the 0.5% community prevalence reported in DSM-IV-TR (1): rates are 11% in the community (2,3) and 30% to 60% in outpatients suffering from depression (4,5). Diagnostic criteria for “bipolar spectrum disorder” (6) include major depressive episode (MDE), no spontaneous mania or hypomania, family history of BD, and (or) antidepressantindu...

BACKGROUND Although genetic epidemiological studies have confirmed increased rates of major depressive disorder among the relatives of people with bipolar affective disorder, no report has compared the clinical characteristics of depression between these two groups. AIMS To compare clinical features of depressive episodes across participants with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder...

abstract introduction: several studies demonstrated association between dislipidemia and psychiatric disorder. the aim of this study is evaluation of the lipid profile of patient with comorbid generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. method: this is a descriptive- analytic study of 100 patient (25 in major depressive disorder, 25 in generalized anxiety disorder, 25 in comorbi...

BACKGROUND The current categorical split of mood disorders in bipolar (BP) disorders and depressive disorders has recently been questioned. The presence of a significant number of manic/hypomanic symptoms in patients with recurrent unipolar depression seems to challenge the traditional dichotomy of unipolar-BP disorder. Two highly unstable personality features, i.e., the cyclothymic temperament...

Bipolar disorder constitutes a challenge for clinicians in everyday clinical practice. Our knowledge concerning this clinical entity is incomplete, and contemporary classification systems are unable to reflect the complexity of this disorder. The concept of temperament, which was first described in antiquity, provides a helpful framework for synthesizing our knowledge on how the human body work...

Correspondence to: Dalibor Karlović, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska cesta 29, 10000 Zagreb email: [email protected] Introduction Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex psychiatric entity, which represents a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic challenge in clinical practice. The very definition and classification of BD is determined by a...

BACKGROUND Psychiatric comorbidity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has not been well examined. METHODS Mood disorders in 44 consecutive outpatients with high-functioning ASD were examined at a university hospital according to DSM-IV. Inclusion criteria were an IQ of 70 or higher on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale and age of 12 years or over. RESULTS Sixteen patients (36.4%) were diagnosed...

objectives: culture may place a differential emphasis on particular emotions. the aim of this study is to find the most frequent symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder in tehran. method: 509 patients were recruited from 5 treatment settings. the sample was used from the project of assessing psychometric properties of cidi in the iranian population. the patients were evaluated by co...