BACKGROUND Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are severe psychiatric diseases with overlapping symptomatology. Widespread brain morphologic abnormalities, including cortical thinning and subcortical volume reductions, have been demonstrated in schizophrenia but it is unclear whether similar abnormalities are present in bipolar disorder. The purpose of this study was to compare cortical thicknes...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship of borderline personality disorder (BPD) to mood disorders by using data from the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study on the reciprocal interactions of BPD with both depressive and bipolar disorders over the course of 10 years. METHOD The study included 223 BPD patients with DSM-IV-defined co-occurring major depressive disorder (MDD) (n...

July 01, 2006 | Bipolar Disorder [1], Personality Disorders [2], Schizoaffective [3], Schizophrenia [4], Borderline Personality [5], Antisocial Personality Disorder [6], Mood Disorders [7], Bipolar II Disorder [8], Mania [9], Forensic Psychiatry [10], Neuropsychiatry [11], Addiction [12], Alcohol Abuse [13], Dysthymia [14] By Silvio Bellino, MD [15], Erika Paradiso, MD [16], and Filippo Bogetto...

introduction: bipolar spectrum disorders include a variety of mood disorders from bipolar ii disorder to conditions characterized by hyperthymic mood states. it has been suggested that psychosocial factors also play an important role in bipolar disorders, in this study we have used social network analysis in order to better understand the social positions of those affected by bipolar spectrum d...

conclusions these findings support that the careful evaluation and prospective following of the psychopathology of children of parents with bipolar disorder are critical for early identification and treatment. results there were statistically significant differences between children of parents with and those without bipolar disorder regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, opposition...

Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and recurrent major depression are complex psychiatric illnesses with a substantial, yet unknown genetic component. Linkage of bipolar disorder and recurrent major depression with markers on chromosome 4p15-p16 has been identified in a large Scottish family and three smaller families. Analysis of haplotypes in the four chromosome 4p-linked families, identified tw...