Bipolar Disorders: Archives News of the month
The MinDag app for symptom monitoring and feedback to patients and clinicians during the initial treatment of bipolar disorder – a feasibility study
Bipolar Disorders 7 min.
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe mental disorder affecting 1–2% of the population (Moreira et al. 2017). Forty to fifty% of patients experience a recurrence within a year after an illness episode (Radua et al. 2017). Illness self-monitoring is believed to potentially prevent relapses in BD and...
A national survey of suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury in bipolar disorder: insights from network analysis
Bipolar Disorders 6 min.
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe and persistent psychiatric condition with a global lifetime prevalence of 1–4% [1]. BD is associated with marked premature mortality, with a mortality rate 2–3 times higher compared to the general population [2]. Among psychiatric disorders, BD has one of...
Strategies for occupational recovery processes in individuals with bipolar disorder type I: a qualitative study
Bipolar Disorders 10 min.
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex condition characterized by episodes of (hypo)mania and depression alternating with periods of remission (APA 2013). Even during these periods of remission, many patients experience impairments in interpersonal and occupational functioning and a decline in general quality...
The adaptation of clinical practice guideline recommendations regarding family-centered collaborative care of people living with schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar mood disorder in the Iranian context: using the resource toolkit for guideline adaptation
Bipolar Disorders 5 min.
There are numerous chronic mental diseases (CMDs), including schizophrenia, bipolar mood disorder (BMD), and major depressive disorder (MDD), that affect millions of individuals globally imposing a significant burden on caregivers [1, 2]. A holistic approach involves addressing all aspects, including...
The features of distinctive bipolar intracardiac electrograms for ventricular arrhythmias in the DGCV system origin
Bipolar Disorders 4 min.
Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias(VAs) originating from the distal great cardiac vein system (DGCVs) are a relatively rare phenomenon with a reported incidence of 2.45-4.76% [1, 2]. It is pointed out that one of the key aspects of the DGCVs VAs mechanism is the presence of myocardial sleeves, which...
