BACKGROUND Very little research has been conducted in patients with first-episode psychosis using a dimensional approach. Affective dimensional representations might be useful to predict the clinical course and treatment needs in such patients. METHODS Weincluded 112 patients with first-episode psychosis in a longitudinal-prospective study with a five-year follow-up (N = 82). Logistic analyse...

BACKGROUND No study has investigated when preventive treatment with lithium should be initiated in bipolar disorder. AIMS To compare response rates among patients with bipolar disorder starting treatment with lithium early v. late. METHOD Nationwide registers were used to identify all patients with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder in psychiatric hospital settings who were prescribed lithium ...

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...

dandy-walker syndrome is a congenital brain malformation involving the cerebellum and the fourth ventricle. the key features of this syndrome are mental retardation, cerebellar ataxia, and symptoms related to hydrocephaly. the psychiatric aspects of this syndrome have been insufficiently appreciated. described here is a 17- year- old girl with an acute manic episode emerged in the course of dan...

Four cases of acute manic episode (bipolar-l disorder), not responding to oral valproate or other mood stabilizer and neuroleptics were given injection valproate intravenously. Three out of 4 patients showed good response and tolerance to intravenous valporate.

The novel coronavirus infection has been associated with various neuropsychiatric sequelae, including manic episodes, but only a few cases have described in the literature. Here we present case of episode an individual following COVID-19 infection, probably linked to virus. This report highlights need identify and assess manifestations for further research on its manifestations, biological mech...