Bipolar I
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
Bipolar I Disorder— defined by manic episodes that last at least 7 days, or by manic symptoms that are so severe that the person needs immediate hospital care. Usually, depressive episodes occur as well, typically lasting at least 2 weeks.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: 08-Bipolar I
Diagnosis: This requires just one full manic episode where the individual may be “high” for several days.
US Patients: 1% of the US population in their lifetimes.
World Patients:
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Age Onset:
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Symptoms: Typically it will be followed by one or more depressive stretches of time.
Progression: Relatively good, may last 6 months or 25% go to PTSD or Major Depressive Disorder
Causes:
Medications:Can be reduced by other prescribed drugs.
Therapies:
Youtube Video: Faces of Bipolar Disorder (PART 2) “Bipolar Type 1”
Amazon or Library Book: Bipolar Disorder 1
How to Survive and Thrive
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: dsballiance.org; 800-326-3632
(Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
Contact your local Social Security offic for possible Disability Benefits through their Disability Determination Services,
Section 12.04.
Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- A transdiagnostic approach of negative symptoms in psychiatric disorders: replication of a two-factor structure in major depressive disorder and bipolar disorderby Shuai-Biao Li on November 3, 2024
Recent empirical findings suggest that negative symptoms are not limited to schizophrenia (SCZ) but also present in major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) patients. Although SCZ patients generally showed a latent structure comprising the motivation and pleasure (MAP) and expression (EXP) factors, it remains unclear whether the same latent structure exists in MDD and BD patients. We administered the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS) and the Brief...
- Diagnosis of Mental Disorders in Caregivers of Patients with Bipolar Disorder: A Gap in the Scientific Literatureby Sarah Prates on November 3, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The lack of studies employing diagnostic assessment tools for mental disorder in these individuals may impede timely access to treatment, affecting both the caregiver's health and the course of patients with BD. This study provides an updated overview of research on caregivers of patients with BD, despite the limitation of not being a systematic review. Further studies employing diagnostic assessments on caregivers are essential to gain deeper insights into this critical topic.
- Alterations of subcortical structure volume in pediatric bipolar disorder patients with manic or depressive first-episodeby Weijia Gao on November 2, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The present findings provided evidence of decreased subcortical structure in PBD-FEM patients, which might present its trait feature.
- Charge Modulation at the Liquid Crystal Droplet-Aqueous Interface Enables Ultrasensitive, Nonspecific Protein Detectionby Harsha Maheshwari on November 2, 2024
Thermotropic nematic liquid crystals (LC) have been utilized to sense/detect various analytes such as polymers, surfactants, lipids, etc. However, their use for protein detection depends on pre-adsorbed molecules, co-nematogens, or biomolecular agents for specificity. This approach impedes the platform's sensitivity with a detection limit for the folded proteins generally reported in the micromolar concentration range. Here, this work provides fundamental insights into the type of molecular...