ALLMedicine™ Bipolar Affective Disorder Center

Jan 26th, 2023 - Diagnostic Considerations Toxins to consider in the differential diagnosis of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) toxicity include other psychedelics or entactogens and other agents, such as the following: N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) 4-Methyl-2,5-di...

Jan 25th, 2023 - Bipolar affective disorder is a severe, heritable condition affecting about one percent of the population. The mode of inheritance is poorly understood and probably involves multiple loci of small to moderate effect. In this project, we use geneti...

Jan 18th, 2023 - Kynurenine, kynurenic and quinolinic acid are important metabolites in tryptophan metabolism. Due to an involvement in glutamatergic neurotransmission and immune response, previous studies have investigated this pathway in mental disorders such as...

Jan 5th, 2023 - The Swedish National Quality Register for bipolar affective disorder, BipoläR, was established in 2004 to provide nationwide indicators for quality assessment and development in the clinical care of individuals with bipolar spectrum disorder. An a...

Jan 5th, 2023 - History Patients with major depressive disorder may not initially present with a complaint of low mood, anhedonia, or other typical symptoms. In the primary care setting, where many of these patients first seek treatment, the presenting complaints...

Jan 25th, 2023 - Bipolar affective disorder is a severe, heritable condition affecting about one percent of the population. The mode of inheritance is poorly understood and probably involves multiple loci of small to moderate effect. In this project, we use geneti...

Sep 7th, 2022 - Patients suffering from severe mental illness could be in increased risk for a severe outcome if infected with COVID-19. Also, there are reports on fewer treatment activities among psychiatric patients (e.g. higher heart disease mortality), lower ...

Aug 15th, 2022 - INTRODUCTION: Pharmacological treatment of major depressive episodes in bipolar disorder (BD) is characterized by suboptimal efficacy rates, poor tolerability and adherence, delayed onset of action, and iatrogenic mood swings. The use of repetitiv...

Aug 15th, 2022 - Depression is a highly disabling disease that is prevalent throughout the world. The treatments proposed and studied to date have shown to be partially effective in treating this condition. Neuromodulation strategies have been used as an alternati...

Jan 25th, 2022 - People with serious mental illness (SMI) such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar affective disorder have a significantly reduced life expectancy in comparison to the general population. Improvements to the primary prevention of...

Mar 17th, 2022 - Treatment with lithium may be protective against dementia and its subtypes, a retrospective cohort study indicated. Among patients receiving mental health care, those exposed to lithium at standard clinical dosages had a 44% lower risk of receivin...

Nov 4th, 2019 - Notwithstanding the usual suspects that hinder electronic health record (EHR) implementation—initial costs, interoperability problems, training burdens, and altered physician-patient dynamics—there's also the risk of a pure system malfunction. In ...

Nov 4th, 2019 - Notwithstanding the usual suspects that hinder electronic health record (EHR) implementation—initial costs, interoperability problems, training burdens, and altered physician-patient dynamics—there's also the risk of a pure system malfunction. In ...

Jun 22nd, 2018 - Bipolar disorder — sometimes classified as bipolar affective disorder or manic-depressive illness — is a common, severe, and persistent mental illness. Bipolar disorder is characterized by periods of deep, prolonged, and profound depression that a...

Jun 22nd, 2018 - Bipolar disorder — sometimes classified as bipolar affective disorder or manic-depressive illness — is a common, severe, and persistent mental illness. Bipolar disorder is characterized by periods of deep, prolonged, and profound depression that a...