We describe a case of a 21-year-old male with a recent diagnosis of bipolar II disorder who developed a manic episode following the ingestion of psilocybin in the form of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Given the incidence of depression in those with bipolar disorder, impulsi...
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) What It Is: Doctors use electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock therapy, to treat hospitalized people who are severely depressed or manic, suicidal, psychotic, or persistently agitated and unable to take basic care of themselves. It works for near...
(iii) Unipolar depression as defined by meeting DSM-IV-TR criteria for Major Depressive Disorder, with no history of hypomanic episodes, Bipolar II disorder as defined by RDC criteria (DSM-IV-TR major depressive episode with history of hypomanic episodes of at least 2-day duration)28; (iii...
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that includes at least one manic episode – characterized by elevated or agitated mood and often reduced need for sleep – accompanied by episodes of major depression. Latest Research and Reviews The crosstalk between CREB and PER2 mediates the transition between...
Higher numbers of manic episodes in bipolar patients has, in cross-sectional studies, been associated with less grey matter volume in prefrontal brain areas. Longitudinal studies are needed to determine if manic episodes set off progressive cortical changes, or if the association is better explained ...
The purpose of this study was to examine cognitive functioning in people following first-episode mania relative to a demographically similar healthy control group. Forty-one patients, who had recently stabilised from a first manic episode, and twenty-one
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by distinct periods of abnormal elevated, expansive, and irritable mood and increased energy and goal-directed activity, lasting at least 1week (manic episode, type BD I) or at least four consecutive days (hypomanic episode, type BD ...
& helpful to actually visually see & realize when I’m having a manic episode & see how long they typically last. This app also helps me remember things that have happened & how I’ve been feeling in between therapy appts as well as being able to send her a graph/chart of my moods...
Assessment of cognitive impairment in manic episode from bipolar affective disorderMiclutiaUnivI.UnivVrabieUnivM.UnivTalasmanUnivA.UnivMarinescuUnivV.UnivBipolar disorders.
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