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Background Subthreshold hypomania during a major depressive episode challenges the bipolar-unipolar dichotomy. In our study we employed a cross-diagnostic cluster analysis - to identify distinct subgroups within a cohort of depressed patients.
Ludovico Mineo +11 more
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Background Previous studies have shown that bipolar disorder is closely related to thyroid dysfunction. Psychiatric drugs have a large or small effect on thyroid function, and thyroid hormone levels can also affect the effect of drug treatment. Therefore,
Shengnan Zhao +7 more
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Introduction Mixed states in bipolar disorder (BD) are characterized by the simultaneous occurrence of both manic and depressive features. Growing evidence suggests that they are associated with longer duration of illness, increased relapse risk, and ...
M. Macellaro +3 more
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A case of persistent tardive dyskinesia in bipolar mania
Mr. CK, a 40-year-old Chinese gentleman is a Bipolar I Disorder patient with no history of depressive episodes. He had never achieved full remission and had 3 previous admissions for manic episodes due to poor insight to his illness.
Ong Kheng Yee
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Illness Narratives in Manic-Depressive Disorder: Issues of Self and Identity [PDF]
This paper considers the illness narratives of four research participants, each of whom had a diagnosis of manic-depressive disorder. Manic-depressive disorder is characterised by prolonged and sometimes severe changes in mood in the direction of both
Page, Anthony
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Differential mitochondrial DNA copy number in three mood states of bipolar disorder
Background Accumulating evidences indicated that mitochondrial abnormalities were associated with bipolar disorder. As a sensitive index of mitochondrial function and biogenesis, Mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) may be involved in the ...
Dong Wang +6 more
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Real-world clinical predictors of manic/hypomanic episodes among outpatients with bipolar disorder
Background Bipolar disorder is a mental illness in which manic and depressive states are repeated, causing psychosocial dysfunction. Manic/hypomanic episodes cause problems with interpersonal, social and financial activities, but there is limited ...
Keita Tokumitsu +18 more
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Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic illness with waxing and waning course. OCD is not uncommonly found to be comorbid with bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). The course and prognosis of OCD have distinctive features in such cases.
Nimmy Chandran +2 more
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Higher illness burden is associated with reduced heart rate variability in bipolar disorder
Introduction Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with premature death and ischemic heart disease is the main cause of excess mortality. The predictive power of heart rate variability (HRV) for mortality has been confirmed in patients with or without ...
A. Ortiz +5 more
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An investigation using cultured human cell lines, of the involvement of vanadium, cation transport and phosphatidylinositol in the aetiology of bipolar manic-depressive psychosis [PDF]
The symptoms, classification, occurrence and possible aetiologies of bipolar manic-depressive psychosis have been reviewed, with particular emphasis on the possible role of the vanadate ion (V5+) and cation transport in the illness.
Banks, Rosamonde Elizabeth +1 more
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