Bipolar Disorder - Therapy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Enhancing multiyear guideline concordance for bipolar disorder through collaborative care.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Implementation of evidence-based care for serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder has been suboptimal. Improving and sustaining concordance with clinical practice guidelines has been a cornerstone of efforts to enhance ... 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 - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Postpartum mood disorders: genetic progress and treatment paradigms. 30 Oct 2009
• Commentary on Crowe M, Inder M, Joyce P, Moor S, Carter J & Luty S (2009) A developmental approach to the treatment of bipolar disorder: IPSRT with an adolescent. Journal of Clinical Nursing 18, 141-149. 29 Sep 2009
• Enhancing multiyear guideline concordance for bipolar disorder through collaborative care. 29 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
• 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
• Specificities of defense mechanisms in bipolar affective disorder: relations with symptoms and therapeutic alliance. 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of multifamily psychoeducational psychotherapy in treating children aged 8 to 12 years with mood disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• Spectroscopic correlates of antidepressant response to sleep deprivation and light therapy: a 3.0 Tesla study of bipolar depression. 11 Aug 2009
• The Bipolar Interactive Psychoeducation (BIPED) study: trial design and protocol. 10 Aug 2009
• Personal accounts: severe mental illness and psychotherapy. 30 Jul 2009
• Cochrane Reviews of non-medication-based psychotherapeutic and other interventions for schizophrenia, psychosis, and bipolar disorder: A systematic literature review. 30 Jul 2009
• Psychological therapies in bipolar disorder: the effect of illness history on relapse prevention - a systematic review. 30 Jul 2009
• What have we learned about bipolar disorder from STEP-BD and other practical trials? 30 Jul 2009
• Bipolar disorder and concurrent psychiatric and medical disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Practical lessons from effectiveness trials of care management and psychoeducation for bipolar disorder. 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
• The effects of crisis plans for patients with psychotic and bipolar disorders: a randomised controlled trial. 7 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)