Bipolar Disorder - History
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Hydrotherapy in state mental hospitals in the mid-twentieth century.

30 Jul 2009 This research describes nurses' experiences in administering "the water cure," hot or cold wet sheet packs, and continuous tub baths in state mental hospitals during the early twentieth century. Student and graduate nurses were required to ... Read more...

A critical appraisal of lithium's efficacy and effectiveness: the last 60 years.

30 May 2009 The history that depicts the evaluation of lithium's efficacy presents an interesting contrast: on the one hand, conviction that, of all psychotropic drugs, lithium has the best demonstrated efficacy; on the other hand, repeated attempts to question ... Read more...

The concept of bipolar disorder in children: a history of the bipolar controversy.

30 Mar 2009 Before the last 150 years, the use of the term mania to mean any kind of agitated state and the term childhood to include people up to their early 20s make historical identification of manic-depression in children difficult. Not long after ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bipolar Disorder - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Hydrotherapy in state mental hospitals in the mid-twentieth century. 30 Jul 2009
• A critical appraisal of lithium's efficacy and effectiveness: the last 60 years. 30 May 2009
• The impact of lithium on bipolar disorder. 30 May 2009
• Summer evening on the beach at Skagen: the artist and his wife. 30 May 2009
• The concept of bipolar disorder in children: a history of the bipolar controversy. 30 Mar 2009
• [Deafness and mentality in Francisco Goya's paintings] 27 Feb 2009
• A review of the natural course of bipolar disorders (manic-depressive psychosis) in the pre-drug era: review of studies prior to 1950. 26 Nov 2008
• [Medico-philosophical treatise on mental alienation or mania (1801)] 30 Oct 2008
• Paediatric bipolar disorder. 30 Jul 2008
• The work of Emil Kraepelin and his research group in München. 30 May 2008
• Craddock & Owen vs Kraepelin: 85 years late, mesmerised by "polygenes". 20 Apr 2008
• Treatment of depression by Maimonides (1138-1204): rabbi, physician, and philosopher. 30 Mar 2008
• The many ailments of Herman Melville (1819-91). 30 Jan 2008
• Neurosyphilis, malaria, and the discovery of antipsychotic agents. 30 Dec 2007
• Leopold Auenbrugger: camphor-induced epilepsy - remedy for manic psychosis. 9 Oct 2007
• Two manic-depressives, two tyrants, two world wars. 16 Sep 2007
• The Kraepelinian dichotomy: the twin pillars crumbling? 30 Aug 2007
• [Mogens Schou (1918-2005): lithium treatment] 25 Aug 2007
• The paradoxical advantages and disadvantages of natural selection: the case history of Charles Darwin. 9 May 2007
• The historical roots of the "bipolar spectrum": did Aristotle anticipate Kraepelin's broad concept of manic-depression? 14 Jan 2007

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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)