Phenomenology of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: data from the first 500 participants in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program. by Schneck, C, Miklowitz, D, Calabrese, JR, Allen, M, Thomas, MR, Wisniewski, SR, Miyahara, S, Shelton, MD, Ketter, T, Goldberg, J, Bowden, C, Sachs, G

“…METHOD: The authors examined demographic, historical, and symptomatic features of patients with and without rapid cycling in a cross-sectional study of the first 500 patients with bipolar I or bipolar II disorder enrolled in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder, a multicenter project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health designed to evaluate the longitudinal outcome of patients with bipolar disorder. …”

Managing bipolar disorder in primary care. by Ebmeier, K

“…The lifetime prevalence of bipolar affective disorder proper is 1%, with a further 1.2% presenting with milder hypomanic symptoms (so-called bipolar II disorder). Relaxing diagnostic symptom criteria increases the frequency of depressed patients who develop symptoms of mania for any length of time to 50%. …”

The common adolescent bipolar phenotype shows positive biases in emotional processing. by Rock, P, Goodwin, G, Harmer, C

“…RESULTS: Of the high-MDQ participants, 12 were in remission from bipolar disorder defined by DSM-IV-TR and interview (bipolar II disorder/bipolar disorder not otherwise specified) and 3 from major depressive disorder. …”

Sedation Weaning in a Patient with a Substance Abuse and Psychiatric History by Anna V. Jones, Alana Shunnarah, Andrew Gwaltney, Marilyn Bulloch, Grier Stewart

“…Her past medical history is notable for hypertension, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar II disorder, manic depression, agoraphobia, anxiety, and prior suicide attempts. …”
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Putative Effect of Alcohol on Suicide Attempters: An Evaluative Study in a Tertiary Medical College by Subir Bhattacharjee, Amit Bhattacharya, Rajarshi Guha Thakurta, Paramita Ray, Om Prakash Singh, Sreyashi Sen

“…Alcohol dependence, bipolar II disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, and dysthymic disorder had higher rate of suicide attempt with the use of alcohol prior to the suicide attempt. …”
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Hypochondriac concerns and correlates of personality styles and affective states in bipolar I and II disorders by Bing Pan, Qing Zhang, Huitzong Tsai, Bingren Zhang, Wei Wang

“…Methods We invited outpatients with bipolar I disorder (BD I, n = 87), bipolar II disorder (BD II, n = 92) and healthy volunteers (n = 129) to undergo the Illness Attitude Scales and Parker Personality Measure tests, and measurements of concurrent affective states. …”
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The impact of mental health stigma in a young Malaysian lady with recurrent suicidal ideations and moribund presentations to the Emergency Department: a case report by Chiara Francine Petrus, Hajar Mohd Salleh Sahimi, Hajar Mohd Salleh Sahimi, Marhani Midin, Marhani Midin, Jane Tze Yn Lim, Jane Tze Yn Lim

“…The treatment pathways and outcomes for people with mental illness, specifically those with recurrent suicidal ideations and attempts have been influenced by how MHS was experienced in clinical practice.MethodsWe reported a case of a young lady diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder who had recurrent visits to various emergency departments (ED) of tertiary hospitals in Malaysia for suicidality; each time presenting with increased mortality risk and escalating near-lethal outcomes. …”
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Association between ST8SIA2 and the Risk of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder across Diagnostic Boundaries. by So Yung Yang, Ik Soo Huh, Ji Hyun Baek, Eun-Young Cho, Mi Ji Choi, Seunghyong Ryu, Ji Sun Kim, Taesung Park, Kyooseob Ha, Kyung Sue Hong

“…However, no association trend was observed for bipolar II disorder. Further efforts are needed to identify a specific phenotype associated with this gene crossing the current diagnostic categories.…”
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Estimation of future suicide risk in psychiatric inpatiens with 6-item questionnaire by Z. Bélteczki, J. Újvári, Z. Rihmer

“…Results During the 53-month follow-up 3 patients (2%) completed suicide (a 46 year old male with bipolar II disorder, a 57 year old female with schizoaffective disorder, a 55 year old male with schizoaffective disorder). …”
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A retrospective record review and assessment of cost of quetiapine use in a community psychiatric setting in the Sedibeng district of Gauteng by Lesley J. Robertson, Jacqui K. Miot, Bernard Janse van Rensburg

“…Results: Patients who received quetiapine (n = 40) had chronic disabling illness, often with multiple medication trials and hospitalisations prior to quetiapine use. Bipolar II disorder (followed by bipolar I disorder) was the most common primary psychiatric diagnosis documented. …”
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Bipolarity and temperament in depression: Making the right diagnosis by Abhijeet Soni, Suyog Vijay Jaiswal, Vishal A Sawant, Deoraj Sinha

“…Conclusion: The misdiagnosis of Bipolar II disorder and bipolar spectrum disorder can happen as depression. …”
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Intensive psychosocial intervention enhances functioning in patients with bipolar depression: Results from a 9-month Randomized controlled trial by Miklowitz, D, Otto, M, Frank, E, Reilly-Harrington, N, Kogan, J, Sachs, G, Thase, M, Calabrese, JR, Marangell, L, Ostacher, M, Patel, J, Thomas, MR, Araga, M, Gonzalez, J, Wisniewski, SR

“…Method: Participants were 152 depressed outpatients with bipolar I or bipolar II disorder in the multisite Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) study. …”

Intensive psychosocial intervention enhances functioning in patients with bipolar depression: results from a 9-month randomized controlled trial. by Miklowitz, D, Otto, M, Frank, E, Reilly-Harrington, N, Kogan, J, Sachs, G, Thase, M, Calabrese, JR, Marangell, L, Ostacher, M, Patel, J, Thomas, MR, Araga, M, Gonzalez, J, Wisniewski, SR

“…METHOD: Participants were 152 depressed outpatients with bipolar I or bipolar II disorder in the multisite Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) study. …”

A comparison of American and english hospital discharge rates for pediatric bipolar disorder, 2000 to 2010 by James, A, James, A, Hoang, U, Seagroatt, V, Clacey, J, Goldacre, M, Leibenluft, E

“…Method We used the English National Health Service (NHS) Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) dataset and the United States National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) to compare US and English discharge rates for PBD (bipolar I disorder [BP-I], bipolar II disorder [BP-II], bipolar disorder not otherwise specified [BP-NOS], and cyclothymia). …”

Treatment-resistant bipolar depression: a STEP-BD equipoise randomized effectiveness trial of antidepressant augmentation with lamotrigine, inositol, or risperidone. by Nierenberg, A, Ostacher, M, Calabrese, JR, Ketter, T, Marangell, L, Miklowitz, D, Miyahara, S, Bauer, MS, Thase, M, Wisniewski, SR, Sachs, G

“…METHOD: Participants (N=66) were patients with bipolar I or bipolar II disorder enrolled in the NIMH Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD). …”

A comparison of American and English hospital discharge rates for pediatric bipolar disorder, 2000 to 2010. by James, A, Hoang, U, Seagroatt, V, Clacey, J, Goldacre, M, Leibenluft, E

“…METHOD: We used the English National Health Service (NHS) Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) dataset and the United States National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) to compare US and English discharge rates for PBD (bipolar I disorder [BP-I], bipolar II disorder [BP-II], bipolar disorder not otherwise specified [BP-NOS], and cyclothymia). …”

The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders. by Pacchiarotti, I, Bond, D, Baldessarini, R, Nolen, W, Grunze, H, Licht, R, Post, R, Berk, M, Goodwin, G, Sachs, G, Tondo, L, Findling, R, Youngstrom, E, Tohen, M, Undurraga, J, González-Pinto, A, Goldberg, J, Yildiz, A, Altshuler, L, Calabrese, JR, Mitchell, P, Thase, M, Koukopoulos, A, Colom, F, Frye, M

“…The frequency and severity of antidepressant-associated mood elevations appear to be greater in bipolar I than bipolar II disorder. Hence, in bipolar I patients antidepressants should be prescribed only as an adjunct to mood-stabilizing medications.…”

Correlates of long duration of untreated illness (DUI) in patients with bipolar disorder: results of an observational study by Gabriele Di Salvo, Giorgia Porceddu, Umberto Albert, Giuseppe Maina, Gianluca Rosso

“…The LogReg analysis confirmed the association of long DUI with bipolar II disorder (p: 0.016), lower age at onset (p < 0.001), depressive predominant polarity (p: 0.018), depressive polarity onset (p < 0.001), longer duration of illness (p < 0.001), lifetime suicide attempts (p: 0.045) and current medical comorbidities (p: 0.019). …”
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Long-term trajectory of cognitive performance in people with bipolar disorder and controls: 6-year longitudinal study by Timea Sparding, Erik Joas, Caitlin Clements, Carl M. Sellgren, Erik Pålsson, Mikael Landén

“…Method Patients with bipolar I disorder (n = 44) or bipolar II disorder (n = 28) and healthy controls (n = 59) were tested with a comprehensive cognitive test battery at baseline and retested after 6 years. …”
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Hypnotic susceptibility and affective states in bipolar I and II disorders by Bingren Zhang, Jiawei Wang, Qisha Zhu, Guorong Ma, Chanchan Shen, Hongying Fan, Wei Wang

“…Methods The Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C (SHSS:C) test, the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ), the Hypomanic Checklist-32 (HCL-32) and the Plutchick-van Praag Depression Inventory (PVP) were applied to 62 patients with bipolar I disorder, 33 bipolar II disorder, and 120 healthy volunteers. Results The passing rate of the SHSS:C ‘Moving hands apart’ item was higher in bipolar I patients than in controls, whereas for ‘Mosquito hallucination’ the rate was lower. …”
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