Browsing Bipolar Disorder by Title
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Effect of lithium on circadian rhythm in bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2021-03)Circadian rhythm disruption is commonly reported in patients with bipolar disorder. Lithium has been suggested to have effects on the circadian clock, the biological basis of the circadian rhythm. The objective of the ... -
Effectiveness of maintenance therapy of lithium vs other mood stabilizers in monotherapy and in combinations: A systematic review of evidence from observational studies
(2018-02)Objectives: For the first time to present a systematic review of observational studies on the efficiency of lithium monotherapy in comparison with other maintenance mood stabilizers in monotherapy and in combination. Methods: ... -
The effects of intramuscular administration of scopolamine augmentation in moderate to severe major depressive disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
(2020-07)Introduction:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common affective disorder. Currently established pharmacotherapies lack rapid clinical response, thereby limiting their ability to bring instant relief to patients. A series ... -
Experiences of remote mood and activity monitoring in bipolar disorder: a qualitative study
(2017-01)Mobile technology enables high frequency mood monitoring and automated passive collection of date(e.g.actigraphy) from patients more efficiently and less intrusively than has previously been possible. Such techniques are ... -
Functional Connectivity between Task-Positive Networks and the Left Precuneus as a Biomarker of Response to Lamotrigine in Bipolar Depression: A Pilot Study
(2021-06)Treatment of bipolar depression poses a significant clinical challenge. Lamotrigine is one of a few efficacious drugs, however, it needs to be titrated very slowly and response can only be assessed after 10–12 weeks. With ... -
The IBER study: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of Imagery Based Emotion Regulation for the treatment of anxiety in bipolar disorder
(2022-11)Background: Intrusive mental imagery is associated with anxiety and mood instability within bipolar disorder and therefore represents a novel treatment target. Imagery Based Emotion Regulation (IBER) is a brief structured ... -
Imagery-Based Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder and Mood Instability
(Guilford Press, 2019)People with bipolar disorder are particularly vulnerable to anxiety and intrusive mental imagery, which can contribute to mood swings and a heightened risk for relapse. This book presents a novel brief treatment that focuses ... -
Incidence of Parkinson’s disease, dementia, cerebrovascular disease and stroke in bipolar disorder compared to other psychiatric disorders: An electronic health records network study of 66 million people
(2020-10)Bipolar disorder has been associated with an increased risk for neurodegenerative diseases, but uncertainties remain. The risk relative to other psychiatric disorders is not established. Methods We used a federated ... -
Learning to Detect Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder with Language and Speech in Non-Clinical Interviews
(2020-08)Bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are both chronic psychiatric disorders. However, their overlapping symptoms and common comorbidity make it challenging for the clinicians to distinguish ... -
Lithium modulates striatal reward anticipation and prediction error coding in healthy volunteers
(2020-10)Lithium is one of the most effective mood-stabilizing medications in bipolar disorder. This study was designed to test whether lithium administration may stabilize mood via effects on reward processing. It was hypothesized ... -
Longitudinal cognitive performance in patients with Bipolar Disorder
(2020-01)Commentary: Neurocognitive impairments are a rather common occurrence in euthymic Bipolar Disorder (BD) patients. Understanding the degree of longitudinal stability of these deficits is vital in the management and treatment ... -
Mania as a possible complication of immunotherapy
(2020-02)Immunotherapy is still a relatively new cancer therapy and this article serves as a reminder to psychiatric teams to consider immunotherapy as a possible factor in psychiatric presentations. Here, the authors present the ... -
Melatonin In Acute Mania Investigation (MIAMI‐UK). A randomised controlled trial of add‐on melatonin in bipolar disorder
(2020-05)Objectives Current options for treating emergent episodes of hypomania and mania in bipolar disorder are limited. Our objective was to compare the effectiveness and safety of add‐on melatonin in hypomania or mania over ... -
Mental health prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals with bipolar disorder: Insights from prospective longitudinal data
(2022-03)Many studies have examined the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of the public, but few have focused on individuals with existing severe mental illness with longitudinal data before and during the pandemic. Aims: To ... -
Modelling paralinguistic properties in conversational speech to detect bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder
(2021-02)Bipolar disorder (BD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are two chronic mental health conditions that clinicians find challenging to distinguish based on clinical interviews, due to their overlapping symptoms. In ... -
Modelling suicide in bipolar disorders: Limitations and opportunities
(2018-07)Commentary on: Malhi GS, Outhred T, Das P et al. Modeling suicide in bipolar disorders. Bipolar Disord. 2018. In their paper in this issue, Malhi et al highlight a key clinical area; whilst suicide rates are increased in ... -
An Overview of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Bipolar Disorder
(2022-03)Since the conception of bipolar disorder (BD) as a psychiatric condition, sleep and circadian rhythm disruptions have been cardinal symptoms of the disorder. Current nosologies recognise this and such disruptions form part ... -
Patient fibroblast circadian rhythms predict lithium sensitivity in bipolar disorder
(2020-05)Bipolar disorder is a chronic neuropsychiatric condition associated with mood instability, where patients present significant sleep and circadian rhythm abnormalities. Currently, the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder ... -
A phase 2a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, add-on clinical trial of ebselen (SPI-1005) as a novel treatment for mania or hypomania.
(2020-09)Rationale Lithium is an effective prophylactic and anti-manic treatment in bipolar disorder; however, its use is declining through perceived poor tolerance and toxicity. Lithium inhibits inositol monophosphatase (IMPase), ... -
Plasma glutathione suggests oxidative stress is equally present in early- and late- onset bipolar disorder
(2018-03)We previously demonstrated oxidative stress in bipolar patients and a relationship between the age of illness onset and total glutathione, a principal antioxi- dant. In this study, we sought to replicate these findings ...
