Bipolar Disorder News and Research

Latest Bipolar Disorder News and Research

Study: Use of antipsychotic medication during pregnancy can affect babies

A seven-year study of women who take antipsychotic medication while pregnant, proves it can affect babies.

3 Jun 2014

Bipolar remission influenced by anxiety and OCD

Anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder may reduce the likelihood of achieving remission for patients with bipolar disorder, study findings indicate.

29 May 2014

Monday blues, weekend highs for bipolar patients

Psychosocial factors cause weekly cycles in the mood and functional impairment of patients with bipolar disorder, independent of their medication use, say researchers.

28 May 2014

Study shows disparity between US and English discharge rates for pediatric bipolar

A study published in the June 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found a very much higher discharge rate for pediatric bipolar (PBD) in children and adolescents aged 1-19 years in the US compared to England between the years 2000-2010.

23 May 2014

Group of 11 genes could help predict alcoholism risk

A group of 11 genes can successfully predict whether an individual is at increased risk of alcoholism, a research team from the United States and Germany reported Tuesday.

22 May 2014

Depression does not impact on cognition in early bipolar disorder

Depressive episodes have no additional impact on cognition in patients early in the course of bipolar disorder, research suggests.

21 May 2014

Hippocampal role in psychosis bolstered

Reduced hippocampal volumes exist in patients across the psychosis spectrum, shows the latest report from the B-SNIP study.

21 May 2014

Bipolar at-risk criteria identify ‘relevant clinical minority’

A set of ultra-high-risk criteria for bipolar disorder identifies a group of help-seeking patients with a high rate of new-onset mania or hypomania over the following year, say researchers.

19 May 2014

New dual-pronged approach for treating Niemann-Pick type C disease

By studying nerve and liver cells grown from patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), Whitehead Institute researchers have identified a potential dual-pronged approach to treating Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease, a rare but devastating genetic disorder.

16 May 2014

Global scientists to discuss latest findings on diagnosis, causes and treatments of ASD

The International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), a scientific and professional organization devoted to advancing knowledge about autism spectrum disorders, convened more than 1700 researchers, delegates, autism specialists and students from 40 countries for the 13th Annual International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), the world's largest scientific gathering on autism research, from May 15 through May 17 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, GA.

15 May 2014

Age and onset age may influence bipolar treatment response

Some differences in treatment response emerge when patients with bipolar disorder are grouped according to their age and their age at bipolar onset, say researchers.

14 May 2014

Antipsychotic use linked to reduced patient violence

Prescribing antipsychotics may reduce psychiatric patients’ propensity to commit violent crime, a study in The Lancet suggests.

14 May 2014

Antipsychotic medication can reduce violent crime among people with psychiatric illness

New data indicate that people with psychiatric illness are almost half as likely to commit a violent crime when taking antipsychotic medication (such as clozapine or risperidone) compared with when they are not using such medication. The reduction in violent crime was smaller with use of mood stabilising drugs (such as lithium or carbamazepine) and only apparent among male patients with bipolar disorder.

9 May 2014

Antipsychotic medication reduces violent crime rates

People who use antipsychotic medication (such as clozapine or risperidone) to treat psychiatric illness are nearly half as likely to commit a violent crime compared to when they are not using such medication, according to new results published in The Lancet.

8 May 2014