... pharmaceutical companies to physicians, which has emphasized the literature on the delayed and underrecognition of bipolar disorder, and may be sensitizing clinicians to avoid missing the diagnosis of ...
... is why researchers are studying families to detect relatives who are carriers of the genes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, even though these individuals don't have the diseases themselves.
... their sample of post-mortem brain tissue from individuals who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. This overlap could provide insight into the neurobiology of both disorders." ...
Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be disabling conditions, and both present clinically with significant mood and psychotic symptoms. These two illnesses also share genetic variants that ...
... ion channels – and that are also thought to be targets of drugs used to clinically to treat bipolar disorder – is astonishing."
Although it's not yet known if or how the suspect genetic variation ...
... and does not resolve well with existing treatments. Because individuals with both depression and bipolar disorder experience a glutathione deficiency, an antioxidant that protects cells from toxins, ...
GOTTINGEN, Germany, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- German scientists say they've found bipolar disorder resembles the phenomenon of hibernation.
Paternal age seems to be tied to the likelihood of having children who develop bipolar disorder as adults, a large study reports.
... disease at young ages, strongly suggest that bipolar disorder can be continuous from childhood to adulthood, the authors ... bipolar disorder," Dr. Leibenluft concludes.
(Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008;65[10 ...
... ógico of Jaen (Spain) has evaluated the quality of life of patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD), in comparison with the general population, and which variables are connected with patients ...
... studies, we were able to sort through, identify genes that were most likely to be involved in bipolar disorder, and achieve this major breakthrough in our understanding of the illness," Dr. Niculescu ...
Lack of grey matter in the brain is linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. A new study shows that adolescents experiencing a first outbreak of psychosis have lower levels of gray matter in ...
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Katon also noted that some new antipsychotic medications used to successfully treat bipolar disorders are safer and more comfortable for the patient in some ways than previous medications, but can ...
... experience treatment-emergent mania (TEM). Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, ... led by Robert Post, M.D., and the Bipolar Collaborative Network. In that earlier study, researchers ...
... a bipolar spectrum disorder (41 or 10.6 percent vs. two or 0.8 ... implications, they note. "Clinicians who treat adults with bipolar disorder should question those who are parents about their children's ...
