Bipolar Disorder - Psychology
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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...

Clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients submitted to electroconvulsive therapy.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on clinical and quality of life improvement in patients hospitalized at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and to compare psychopathology ... 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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bipolar Disorder - Psychology'

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
• Clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients submitted to electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Electroconvulsive therapy in the setting of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. 30 Aug 2009
• Successful electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, with catatonic features misdiagnosed as encephalopathy. 30 Aug 2009
• Bipolar spectrum-substance use co-occurrence: Behavioral approach system (BAS) sensitivity and impulsiveness as shared personality vulnerabilities. 30 Aug 2009
• Validity and reliability of the Hamilton depression rating scale (5 items) for manic and mixed bipolar disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• Specificities of defense mechanisms in bipolar affective disorder: relations with symptoms and therapeutic alliance. 30 Aug 2009
• Personality trait predictors of bipolar disorder symptoms. 19 Aug 2009
• [Postictal psychosis] 12 Aug 2009
• Mood stabilization and destabilization during acute and continuation phase treatment for bipolar I disorder with lamotrigine or placebo. 9 Aug 2009
• Behavioral approach system (BAS)-relevant cognitive styles and bipolar spectrum disorders: concurrent and prospective associations. 30 Jul 2009
• The effect of mood on sleep onset latency and REM sleep in interepisode bipolar disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• Are there developmentally limited forms of bipolar disorder? 30 Jul 2009
• Letter to the Editor regarding 'Conceptualizing impulsivity and risk taking in bipolar disorder: importance of history of alcohol abuse'. 30 Jul 2009
• Coffee and cigarette use: association with suicidal acts in 352 Sardinian bipolar disorder patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Effectiveness and safety of the combination of fluoxetine and olanzapine in outpatients with bipolar depression: an open-label, randomized, flexible-dose study in Puerto Rico. 30 Jul 2009
• Psychopathological assessment of schizophrenia: relevance for classification. 30 Jul 2009
• A brief measure of perceived clinician support by patients with bipolar spectrum disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Family-focused treatment for adolescents with bipolar disorder. 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

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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)