Bipolar Disorder - Epidemiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Bipolar II postpartum depression: Detection, diagnosis, and treatment.

30 Oct 2009 Research on postpartum mood disorders has focused primarily on major depressive disorder, bipolar I disorder, and puerperal psychosis and has largely ignored or neglected bipolar II disorder. Hypomanic symptoms are common after delivery but ... Read more...

Anxiety and outcome in bipolar disorder.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Important differences exist between bipolar disorder with and without comorbid anxiety, but little is known about the long-term prognostic significance of coexisting anxiety in bipolar disorder. The authors sought to identify the anxiety ... Read more...

Cardiovascular disease and hypertension among adults with bipolar I disorder in the United States.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Despite ample evidence of excess cardiovascular mortality in bipolar disorder (BD), few studies have demonstrated increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and/or hypertension (HTN) in BD. We therefore examined this topic in a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bipolar Disorder - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Bipolar II postpartum depression: Detection, diagnosis, and treatment. 30 Oct 2009
• Anxiety and outcome in bipolar disorder. 29 Sep 2009
• Cardiovascular disease and hypertension among adults with bipolar I disorder in the United States. 30 Aug 2009
• Mood episodes and mood disorders: patterns of incidence and conversion in the first three decades of life. 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment of bipolar disorders and metabolic syndrome: implications for primary care. 30 Aug 2009
• Recognizing ADHD in adults with comorbid mood disorders: implications for identification and management. 30 Aug 2009
• Bipolar spectrum-substance use co-occurrence: Behavioral approach system (BAS) sensitivity and impulsiveness as shared personality vulnerabilities. 30 Aug 2009
• Genetic and environmental influences on pro-inflammatory monocytes in bipolar disorder: a twin study. 30 Aug 2009
• A model of the economic impact of a bipolar disorder screening program in primary care. 9 Aug 2009
• Mental health treatment received by youths in the year before and after a new diagnosis of bipolar disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• Are there developmentally limited forms of bipolar disorder? 30 Jul 2009
• Coffee and cigarette use: association with suicidal acts in 352 Sardinian bipolar disorder patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Neurocognitive dysfunctions in euthymic bipolar patients with and without prior history of alcohol use. 30 Jul 2009
• Bipolar disorder and concurrent psychiatric and medical disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Bipolar disorder: diagnostic conundrums and associated comorbidities. 30 Jul 2009
• [Drawing up guidelines for the attendance of physical health of patients with severe mental illness] 7 Jul 2009
• [Pharmacotherapy of children with depressive disorders] 5 Jul 2009
• The psychiatric profile of patients with psychogenic excoriation. 2 Jul 2009
• Bipolar disorder and ADHD: Clinical concerns. 29 Jun 2009
• Irritability without elation in a large bipolar youth sample: frequency and clinical description. 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)