What's the rate of bipolar spectrum disorder in children who have one parent with bipolar disorder? What methods are used to test for cognitive deficits in patients with bipolar disorder? These and more in this week's quiz.
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September 15, 2010
Bipolar Disorder Quiz
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August 17, 2010
Emerging Bipolar Treatments And New Research Are Causing An Upsurge In Interest In The Disorder, Australia
Interest and awareness about bipolar disorder are slowly shifting, largely due to emerging treatments and research, according to an article in a supplement to the current edition of the Medical Journal of Australia...
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August 5, 2010
Bipolar Disorder Hospitalization Represents 60% Of Total Therapy Costs For The Disorder, UK
New research presented today shows that hospital stays for people with Bipolar Disorder cost taxpayers £207 million a year[i]. According to the research, sponsored by AstraZeneca, the NHS spends just 7% (£25 million) of the total costs for Bipolar Disorder on medicines versus 60% on hospital admissionsi...
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July 5, 2010
Parental Age as a Risk Factor for Bipolar Disorder
Advanced parental age appears to confer increased risk for a variety of clinical neuroscience disorders. First described in Down syndrome, advanced parental age at conception has now been linked to schizophrenia and autism. Effects of advanced parental age on risk have been found for both fathers and mothers. Some disorders appear to have more risk with paternal age while other appear to have
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June 23, 2010
June 10, 2010
Understanding the Switch Process in Bipolar Disorder
(Brain Post Note: Hannah Dunbar is a summer research student from Oral Roberts University. Today she will be summarizing some of the key issues in the neurobiology of the switch process in bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a somewhat unique mental disorder in that the onset of a mood swing can be quite dramatic--a patient with bipolar disorder can be fine one day and manic the next. It is
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June 3, 2010
The Challenges of Treating Youths With Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder (BD) is recognized as a serious disorder. It has an adverse impact on many areas of a child's development-including cognitive, emotional, and social functioning. Children with BD are at significant risk for substance use and suicidality. Further identification of effective treatments is a pressing public health concern.
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May 20, 2010
Possible Link Between Over-Diagnosis Of Bipolar Disorder And Disability Payments
A study from Rhode Island Hospital finds patients who were "over-diagnosed" with bipolar disorder were more likely to have received disability payments and for a longer period of time. The researchers propose a link between these unconfirmed cases of bipolar disorder and the receipt of the payments...
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March 3, 2010
Has Exercise Treatment A Role In Improving Mood Swings?
A paper that is published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics analyzes the role of exercise treatment in mood swings. Outcomes are frequently suboptimal for patients with bipolar disorder who are treated with pharmacotherapy alone...
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