Bipolar Disorder - Complications
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Comparative study of neurocognitive function in euthymic bipolar patients and stabilized schizophrenic patients.

13 Sep 2009 Few studies have compared neurocognitive performance in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder (BD), stabilized patients with schizophrenia (SC) and normal controls (NC) using a comprehensive neuropsychological battery, and those that have been ... Read more...

Electroconvulsive therapy in the setting of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

30 Aug 2009 Electroconvulsive therapy has potent cardiovascular effects, which may pose a challenge in treating patients with preexisting cardiac disease. Although it is well studied in the treatment of refractory depression, there are still pitfalls to ... Read more...

Efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in Fahr disease associated with bipolar psychotic disorder: a case report.

30 Aug 2009 We report a case of a patient with Fahr disease affected by bipolar disorder type I with psychotic symptoms. The complex clinical picture, characterized by both neurological and psychiatric symptoms, proved to be partially or completely resistant to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bipolar Disorder - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Comparative study of neurocognitive function in euthymic bipolar patients and stabilized schizophrenic patients. 13 Sep 2009
• Electroconvulsive therapy in the setting of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. 30 Aug 2009
• Efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in Fahr disease associated with bipolar psychotic disorder: a case report. 30 Aug 2009
• Successful electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, with catatonic features misdiagnosed as encephalopathy. 30 Aug 2009
• Cognitive function and serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with bipolar disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• Cardiovascular disease and hypertension among adults with bipolar I disorder in the United States. 30 Aug 2009
• Can body mass index help predict outcome in patients with bipolar disorder? 30 Aug 2009
• Anterior cingulate volumes associated with trait impulsivity in individuals with bipolar disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• Mood-incongruent psychosis in bipolar disorder: conditional linkage analysis shows genome-wide suggestive linkage at 1q32.3, 7p13 and 20q13.31. 30 Aug 2009
• Corpus callosum size and shape in established bipolar affective disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• A meta-analytic investigation of neurocognitive deficits in bipolar illness: profile and effects of clinical state. 30 Aug 2009
• Tryptophan depletion in bipolar mania: reduction of metabolic imbalance by administration according to body weight? 30 Jul 2009
• Neuropsychological functions in patients with bipolar I and bipolar II disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• A double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of quetiapine for depressed adolescents with bipolar disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• You're the flight surgeon: a psychiatric patient in a combat zone. 30 Jul 2009
• End-of-dose emergent psychopathology in ambulatory patients with epilepsy on stable-dose lamotrigine monotherapy: a case series of six patients. 27 Jul 2009
• Binge eating, weight gain and psychosocial adjustment in patients with bipolar disorder. 19 Jul 2009
• Is 'bipolar disorder' the brain's autopoietic response to schizophrenia? 6 Jul 2009
• Neuroleptic malignant syndrome versus malignant disease: idiosyncratic or synchronous? 2 Jul 2009
• A "community-friendly" version of integrated group therapy for patients with bipolar disorder and substance dependence: a randomized controlled trial. 29 Jun 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)