Bipolar Disorder - Classification
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Personality trait predictors of bipolar disorder symptoms.

19 Aug 2009 The purpose of the current investigation was to examine the personality predictors of bipolar disorder symptoms, conceptualized as one-dimensional (bipolarity) or two-dimensional (mania and depression). A psychiatric sample (N=370; 45% women; mean ... Read more...

Behavioral approach system (BAS)-relevant cognitive styles and bipolar spectrum disorders: concurrent and prospective associations.

30 Jul 2009 The authors examined concurrent and prospective associations of behavioral approach system (BAS)-relevant and non-BAS-relevant cognitive styles with bipolar spectrum disorders. Controlling for depressive and hypomanic/manic symptoms, 195 individuals ... Read more...

Are there developmentally limited forms of bipolar disorder?

30 Jul 2009 Bipolar spectrum disorders have traditionally been thought to be chronic in course. However, recent epidemiologic research suggests that there may be developmentally limited forms of bipolar disorder. Two large, nationally representative studies ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bipolar Disorder - Classification'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Personality trait predictors of bipolar disorder symptoms. 19 Aug 2009
• Behavioral approach system (BAS)-relevant cognitive styles and bipolar spectrum disorders: concurrent and prospective associations. 30 Jul 2009
• Are there developmentally limited forms of bipolar disorder? 30 Jul 2009
• Neuropsychological functions in patients with bipolar I and bipolar II disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• Difference in binocular rivalry rate between patients with bipolar I and bipolar II disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Microstructural white matter changes in euthymic bipolar patients: a whole-brain diffusion tensor imaging study. 30 Jul 2009
• The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Task Force report on the nomenclature of course and outcome in bipolar disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Treatment-refractory bipolar disorder: classification to aid in clinical management. 30 Jul 2009
• Psychopathological assessment of schizophrenia: relevance for classification. 30 Jul 2009
• Irritability without elation in a large bipolar youth sample: frequency and clinical description. 29 Jun 2009
• Manic/hypomanic symptom burden and cardiovascular mortality in bipolar disorder. 24 Jun 2009
• Pharmacologic treatment of rapid cycling and mixed states in bipolar disorder: an argument for the use of lithium. 30 May 2009
• Retrospective age at onset of bipolar disorder and outcome during two-year follow-up: results from the STEP-BD study. 30 May 2009
• Cortical folding difference between patients with early-onset and patients with intermediate-onset bipolar disorder. 30 May 2009
• [Bipolar disorder, pregnancy and the postpartum--risks and possibilities of pharmacotherapy] 30 May 2009
• [Mood stabilizers] 30 May 2009
• The road to DSM-V. Bipolar disorder episode and course specifiers. 14 May 2009
• [Mood Disorder Questionnaire--characteristic and indications] 29 Apr 2009
• Re: the bipolar spectrum--a bridge too far? 29 Apr 2009
• Age transitions in the course of bipolar I disorder. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Bipolar Disorder'

Definition: A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence.

Descriptor UI: D001714

Alternative terms: Bipolar Disorder; Bipolar Disorders; Disorder, Bipolar; Psychosis, Manic-Depressive; Psychosis, Manic Depressive; Manic-Depressive Psychosis; Manic Depressive Psychosis; Affective Psychosis, Bipolar; Bipolar Affective Psychosis; Psychoses, Bipolar Affective; Psychosis, Bipolar Affective; Psychoses, Manic-Depressive; Manic-Depressive Psychoses; Psychoses, Manic Depressive; Mania; Manias; Manic State; Manic States; State, Manic; States, Manic; Depression, Bipolar; Bipolar Depression; Manic Disorder; Disorder, Manic; Manic Disorders;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.600.150.150;

History Note: 81(63)