Bipolar Disorder

Action urged on bipolar treatment

19/08/2010 | A special supplement on bipolar disorder in the Medical Journal of Australia has urged clinicians to translate theory into practice and implement recent advances in treatment.


Ketamine effective for bipolar depression

04/08/2010 | An intravenous infusion with the NMDA antagonist ketamine can significantly improve the symptoms of treatment-resistant bipolar depression within 40 minutes, a randomised trial has concluded.


Group interventions reduce relapse of bipolar disorder

13/05/2010 | Group-based psychosocial interventions can reduce relapses and the time spent unwell among people with bipolar disorder, a Melbourne study has concluded.


Mania rating scale useful for families

25/03/2010 | Researchers have developed a mania rating scale that allows non-professionals in regular contact with a patient to diagnose a manic episode.


Self mutilation has strong link with bipolar

18/03/2010 | Physicians need to think of bipolar disorder, not borderline personality disorder (BPD), when assessing individuals with a history of self mutilation, experts say. 1 comment


Smoking worsens outcomes for bipolar patients

24/02/2010 | Patients with bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder have a poorer prognosis if they are smokers, a prospective two year Melbourne study has shown.


Guidelines on managing antipsychotics and mood stabilisers during pregnancy

18/02/2010 | Melbourne psychiatrists and obstetricians have calling for comprehensive multidisciplinary care for women who need to be treated with antipsychotic medications and mood stabilisers during pregnancy.


Superior academic performance linked to bipolar

17/02/2010 | People who achieve excellent grades at school are nearly four times more likely to develop bipolar disorder than those who produce average results, a study finds.


Anti-epileptic drugs not associated with suicide in bipolar

10/12/2009 | Anti-epileptic drugs do not increase the risk of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder, despite FDA warnings to the contrary, a study finds.


Anxiety predicts length of depressive episodes

15/10/2009 | Higher levels of anxiety during bipolar mood episodes and first episode polarity appear to mark an illness of substantially greater long-term depressive morbidity, a study finds.


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