
This network meta-analysis evaluates the efficacy and safety of pharmacological and physical treatments for depressive episodes in adolescents with bipolar disorder (BD), incorporating evidence from six randomized controlled trials (RCTs), total N = 879. Due to the absence of shared comparators,...

Psychotic symptoms, which affect a significant proportion of patients with bipolar disorder (BD), are associated with adverse prognostic outcomes. Currently, sex-specific patterns of psychotic symptoms remain inadequately characterized in BD. This study seeks to investigate sex-based differences in psychotic...

Bipolar disorder (BD)- a leading cause of disability in young adults- lacks reliable biomarkers. This case-control study investigates soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), a protein bridging inflammation and neural repair, as a novel biomarker candidate among Egyptian patients with...

This Swedish nationwide cohort study used large-scale data to investigate the associations between bipolar disorder and somatic disorders and whether these risks differ by subtype, sex, or exposure to compulsory care. Methods: 61,071 individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder in inpatient (from 1973)...