Bipolar Disorder News and Research

Latest Bipolar Disorder News and Research

Impulsivity in bipolar disorder unrelated to substance abuse

Trait impulsivity is elevated and neurocognitive functioning is impaired in patients with bipolar disorder irrespective of whether they have a substance abuse history, research shows.

20 Sep 2013

Bipolar suicide characteristics found

Italian researchers have identified clinical and psychologic characteristics that could help predict the risk for suicide in patients with bipolar disorder.

19 Sep 2013

Guidance for medication in bipolar depression published

Solid evidence to guide the use of antidepressants in patients with bipolar disorder is “remarkably limited,” says the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force.

18 Sep 2013

Prospective memory fails bipolar patients

Prospective memory may be a useful rehabilitation target for helping patients with bipolar disorder to function successfully in the community, a study suggests.

17 Sep 2013

Case for targeting perfectionism in patients with bipolar disorder

Anxiety and stress symptoms may mediate the association between perfectionism and depressive symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder in a “transdiagnostic” process, say researchers.

16 Sep 2013

Depression highlighted as nonadherence risk in bipolar patients

The presence of residual depressive symptoms may result in patients with bipolar disorder being nonadherent to their medication, study findings suggest.

12 Sep 2013

Gender warns of bipolar I disorder risks

Researchers have confirmed several features that differ between men and women with bipolar disorder, which may impact on the course and treatment of the condition.

11 Sep 2013

Simple skin test gains traction as suicide marker

A large study of psychiatric inpatients supports the notion that electrodermal hyporeactivity may be an accurate marker of suicide risk.

10 Sep 2013

Exercise may not be ‘one size fits all’ in bipolar patients

Researchers say that more study is needed of the relationship between exercise and symptoms among patients with bipolar disorder.

6 Sep 2013

Acute manic episodes linked to increased edema risk

Bipolar disorder patients admitted to hospital with a manic episode are at an increased risk for lower limb edema, compared with their peers with depressive or non-affective psychosis episodes, study findings show.

5 Sep 2013

Elan enrolls first patient dosing in phase 2a study of ELND005 in Down syndrome

Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) announced today the first patient dosing in a Phase 2a study of ELND005 in Down syndrome. Study ELND005-DS201 will evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of 2 doses of ELND005 and placebo in young adults with Down syndrome without dementia, and will also include select cognitive and behavioural measures.

5 Sep 2013

Dementia risk for bipolar disorder patients

Patients with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for developing dementia, both pre-senile and senile, a study of a nationwide dataset in Taiwan confirms.

4 Sep 2013

Increased mortality in schizophrenia ‘not attributable to drug therapy’

The increased mortality risk observed among patients with severe psychiatric illness, including schizophrenia, does not seem to be attributable to use of psychopharmacologic therapy, study findings indicate.

4 Sep 2013

Bipolar patients struggle with emotional distraction

Patients with bipolar disorder struggle with cognitive tasks in the face of emotional distractions, a study shows.

3 Sep 2013

Schizophrenia genetics come into focus

A study in Nature Genetics illustrates the large impact of genetic variation on risk for schizophrenia.

30 Aug 2013

Improved pediatric bipolar screen unveiled

Researchers have developed a screening instrument for detecting bipolar disorder in children and adolescents from the general population.

30 Aug 2013

Heritability of severe mental illness may be underestimated

Around one in three children of parents with a severe mental illness – schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder – will develop such a disorder themselves by early adulthood, a meta-analysis has found.

29 Aug 2013

Blood biomarkers predict suicidality

Researchers have found possible blood biomarkers for suicidal behavior that could help identify psychiatric patients at risk.

29 Aug 2013

Impulsivity may be vulnerability marker for bipolar disorder

People with bipolar disorder type I are significantly more impulsive than the general population, while their siblings show an intermediate level of impulsivity, a study by Brazilian researchers shows.

29 Aug 2013

Personality may be key to genetics of bipolar disorder

People with bipolar disorder vary significantly from their unaffected relatives, and from healthy controls, on several measures of personality, a study shows.

28 Aug 2013