Do Doctors Overdiagnose Bipolar Disorder?
Fewer than half the patients previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder based on a comprehensive, psychiatric diagnostic interview.
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Benefits Of Omega-3s Still Unclear For Bipolar Disorder
Despite intriguing findings that omega-3 fatty acid supplements could alleviate depression symptoms, there is still not enough evidence to say whether omega-3s are useful treatments for people with bipolar disorder.
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Bipolar Youths' Misreading Of Faces May Be Risk Marker For Illness
Youngsters with pediatric bipolar disorder and healthy peers who have first-degree relatives with bipolar disorder share the same difficulty labeling facial emotions.
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Medications For Bipolar Disorder's Manic Phase May Be Feasible
Scientists may be able to develop faster-acting medications for the manic phase of bipolar disorder.
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Risperidone Long-Acting Injection Delays Time To Relapse In Bipolar Disorder Patients
Patients with frequently relapsing bipolar disorder had a significant delay in the time to an initial relapse when risperidone long-acting injection.
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Misconceptions About Bipolar Disorder Explained
Harvard Health Letter dispels some myths and misunderstandings about bipolar disorder.
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Trial Of Mood Stabilizers Demonstrates Efficacy In Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Divalproex sodium (Depakote) has efficacy for significantly improving symptoms of bipolar I disorder in children and adolescents.
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Rates Of Bipolar Diagnosis In Youth Rapidly Climbing
The number of visits to a doctor's office that resulted in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has increased by 40 times over the last decade.
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Manic Phase Of Bipolar Disorder Benefits From Breast Cancer Medication
The medication tamoxifen, best known as a treatment for breast cancer, dramatically reduces symptoms of the manic phase of bipolar disorder more quickly than many standard medications for the mental illness.
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Rates Of Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis In Youth Rapidly Climbing
The number of visits to a doctor's office that resulted in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has increased by 40 times over the last decade.
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Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis In Youth Climbing, Treatment Similar To Adults
Bipolar Disorder treatment patterns in youth are similar to adults, and the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has increased by 40 times over the last decade.
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'Wake-Up Pill' Under Study For Bipolar Disorder Treatment
Preliminary study shows drug's potential for bipolar disorder treatment that is in the depressive phase.
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Grey Matter Loss in Bipolar Disorder Patients
People with bipolar disorder - or manic depression - suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain.
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AtriCure's Isolator Bipolar Ablation Clamp System Receives FDA Clearance
AtriCure's Isolator bipolar ablation clamp system has received 510(k) clearance from FDA for the ablation of cardiac tissue.
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Multi-Site Clinical Trial For Adolescent Bipolar Disorder
A $17.6 million clinical trials for bipolar disorder contract was recently awarded by the National Institutes of Health to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
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Bipolar Spectrum Disorder May Be Underrecognized And Improperly Treated
A new study supports earlier estimates of the prevalence of bipolar disorder in the U.S. population, and suggests the illness may be more accurately characterized as a spectrum disorder.
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Genetic Roots Of Bipolar Disorder Revealed By First Genome
The likelihood of developing bipolar disorder depends in part on the combined, small effects of variations in many different genes in the brain, none of which is powerful enough to cause the disease by itself.
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What Causes Bipolar Disorder?
Scientists are learning about the possible causes of bipolar disorder through several kinds of studies. Most people with bipolar disorder - even those with the most severe forms - can achieve substantial stabilization of their mood swings and related symptoms with proper treatment.
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Bipolar Disorder Introduction, Symptoms
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.
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Bipolar Spectrum Disorder May Be Underrecognized And Improperly Treated
A new study supports earlier estimates of the prevalence of bipolar disorder in the U.S. population, and suggests the illness may be more accurately characterized as a spectrum disorder.
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Delayed treatment of childhood-onset bipolar disorder results in negative outcome in adults
Earlier recognition and treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents could positively impact the course of illness.
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Lithium Builds Gray Matter In Bipolar Brains
Neuroscientists have shown that lithium, long the standard treatment for bipolar disorder, increases the amount of gray matter in the brains of patients with the illness.
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Study Sheds Light On Medication Treatment Options For Bipolar Disorder
For depressed people with bipolar disorder who are taking a mood stabilizer, adding an antidepressant medication is no more effective than a placebo (sugar pill).
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Intensive Psychotherapy More Effective For Treating Bipolar Depression
Patients taking medications to treat bipolar disorder are more likely to get well faster and stay well if they receive intensive psychotherapy.
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Antidepressants Provide No Added Benefit for Patients with Bipolar Disorder
A study across the United States between 1998 and 2005 looked at medication effectiveness in patients with bipolar disorder.
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New Gene Linked To Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is known to run strongly in families, but the Slynar gene is one of just three genes now known to be implicated in susceptibility to the disorder.
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Short Episodes of Manic Symptoms May Indicate Bipolar Disorder In Some Youth
Shorter episodes of mania may indicate need for different diagnostic criteria for children and adolescents.
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Bipolar Disorder Exacts Twice Depression's Toll in Workplace
Bipolar disorder costs twice as much in lost productivity as major depressive disorder. Productivity lags even after mood lifts.
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New Treatment Model for Bipolar Disorder Shows Promise
A new model of treatment for bipolar disorder improved patient outcomes without adding costs.
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Fear Circuit Flares as Bipolar Youth Misread Faces
Youth with bipolar disorder misread facial expressions as hostile and show heightened neural reactions when they focus on emotional aspects of neutral faces.
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Course of Bipolar Disorder in Youths Described for The First Time
Children with bipolar disorder experience more enduring and rapidly changing symptoms of the disease than adults.
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Psychosocial Disability Fluctuates In Parallel With Bipolar Symptom Changes
Among patients with bipolar disorder there is a significant increase or decrease in psychosocial disability with every increase or decrease in depressive symptom severity.
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Children of Bipolar Parents Score higher on Creativity Test
A sample of children who either have or are at high risk for bipolar disorder score higher on a creativity index.
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Bipolar Disorder Surveys Reveal Dramatic Gap
Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment options, public understanding about bipolar disorder remains low.
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Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy Proven To Be Effective Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
A treatment program that stresses maintaining a regular schedule of daily activities and stability in personal relationships is an effective therapy for bipolar disorder.
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One-Drug Therapy Works for Bipolar Disorder
The first study of Seroquel in patients with both bipolar I and bipolar II in which researchers specifically studied the drug's impact on the depressive phase of the illness.
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Newly Published Study Investigates SEROQUEL As Monotherapy Treatment For Bipolar Disorder
First clinical trial to evaluate SEROQUEL as a monotherapy treatment for depression in outpatients with both bipolar I and bipolar II disorders.
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Specific Brain Regions Associated with Bipolar Disorder
International Conference on Bipolar Disorder highlights specific brain regions associated with Bipolar Disorder and changes in brain metabolism in response to certain drugs among late breaking research.
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Bipolar Disorder More Prevalent and Costly Than Believed
Bipolar Disorder More Prevalent and Costly, high suicide rate could be curbed with mainstay drug Lithhium.
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Research Focuses on Likely Genes for Bipolar Disorder
Research zeros in on likely genes for Bipolar Disorder and finds link with Thyroid condition that could help identify those at risk.
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