objective: bipolar disorder (bd) is a disabling psychiatric disorder with frequent recurrences. besides pharmacotherapy, psychoeducation could be helpful in reducing symptoms as well as recurrence of this disorder, leading to improvement of patients’ quality of life. this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a culturally adjusted structured program for training iranian bd patients....

The relationship between bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder has generated intense interest. Similar to patients with bipolar disorder, patients with borderline personality disorder are frequently hospitalized, are chronically unemployed, abuse substances, attempt and commit suicide. However, one significant difference between the two disorders is that patients with borderline ...

In general, bipolar disorder with its classical presentation of regularly recurring manic and depressive episodes can be well diagnosed in adults and adolescents. However, bipolar disorder in children is a controversial issue, difficult to diagnose and to distinguish from other illnesses that frequently occur in childhood. In the US, where the diagnosis of'bipolar disorder' is made relatively o...

Diagnostic confusion sometimes exists between bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (BPD). To improve the recognition of bipolar disorder researchers have identified nondiagnostic factors that point toward bipolar disorder. One such factor is the presence of a family history of bipolar disorder. In the current report from the Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment ...

background : lack of insight in patients with bipolar i disorder has been associated with poor course and clinical outcome and compromised therapeutic compliance. therefore, it is important to evaluate insight and use more specialized scales such as mood disorder insight scale (mdis) in these patients. our objective in this study was to assess validity and reliability of persian version of mdis...

BACKGROUND Although genetic epidemiological studies have confirmed increased rates of major depressive disorder among the relatives of people with bipolar affective disorder, no report has compared the clinical characteristics of depression between these two groups. AIMS To compare clinical features of depressive episodes across participants with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder...

In this research study, we present a novel frame work for handling bipolar fuzzy soft information by combining bipolar fuzzy soft sets with graphs. We introduce several basic notions concerning bipolar fuzzy soft graphs and investigate some related properties. We also consider the application of the bipolar fuzzy soft graphs. In particular, three efficient algorithms are developed to solve mult...

Affecting approximately eight million people in the US, bipolar disorder represents a significant public health concern. Over 90% of individuals diagnosed with the disorder report multiple affective episodes across their lifetime, and recent data suggest that patients with bipolar disorder will remain symptomatically ill for roughly 50% of their lives. Consistent with this chronic course, bipol...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to: (i) describe the phenomenology of youths diagnosed with subsyndromal bipolar disorders; (ii) describe the phenomenology of youngsters who are the children of bipolar parents, who are also experiencing subsyndromal symptoms of bipolar disorder (patients with 'cyclotaxia'); and (iii) explore which symptoms may be most useful in identifying youths w...

OBJECTIVE To date, cognitive impairment has been thought to be an integral part of bipolar disorder. In clinical staging models, cognitive impairment is one of the hallmarks to define the clinical stage and it plays an important role in identifying the risk factors for progression to later stages of the illness. It is important to examine neurocognitive performance over longer periods to test t...