Effectiveness of Sleep Deprivation in Treating Acute Bipolar Depression as Augmentation Strategy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Juan P. Ramirez-Mahaluf, Juan P. Ramirez-Mahaluf, Enzo Rozas-Serri, Fernando Ivanovic-Zuvic, Luis Risco, Paul A. Vöhringer, Paul A. Vöhringer

“…BackgroundBipolar disorder is a disabling disease characterized by the recurrence of mood episodes. …”
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Mental health disorders and pain modulation in orthopedic shoulder patients by MaKenzie M. Chambers, BS, Diego Martinez Castaneda, BS, Christopher Rivera-Pintado, MD, Pietro Gentile, BS, Krystal Hunter, MBA, PhD, Catherine J. Fedorka, MD

“…Patients were divided into two groups: those diagnosed with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and/or schizophrenia (n = 193), and those with no previous MHD (n = 245). …”
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SARS-CoV2 vaccination status among psychiatry inpatients: a retrospective cohort analysis by H. Andreu, I. Ochandiano, L. Olivier, Ò. De Juan, L. Bueno, E. Cesari, J. I. Mena, S. Salmerón, P. Barrio

“…The percentages of main diagnosis were as follows: addiction 21.3%; bipolar disorder 18.5%; schizophrenia 18.1%; non-specified psychosis 14.4%; depression 7.4%; cognitive impairment 0.9%; personality disorders 6.9%. …”
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Developing and Implementing a Web-Based Branching Logic Survey to Support Psychiatric Crisis Evaluations of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: Qualitative Study and Evalu... by Deborah A Bilder, Mariah Mthembu, Whitney Worsham, Patricia Aguayo, Jacob R Knight, Steven W Deng, Tejinder P Singh, John Davis

“…Sources of Distress accuracy rates were 91% (95% CI 85%-95%) for posttraumatic stress disorder, 87% (95% CI 81%-92%) for anxiety, 87% (95% CI 81%-92%) for episodic expansive mood and bipolar disorder, 82% (95% CI 75%-87%) for psychotic disorder, 79% (95% CI 71%-85%) for unipolar depression, and 76% (95% CI 69%-82%) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. …”
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The Influence of Vitamin D Intake and Status on Mental Health in Children: A Systematic Review by Dominika Głąbska, Aleksandra Kołota, Katarzyna Lachowicz, Dominika Skolmowska, Małgorzata Stachoń, Dominika Guzek

“…The included studies were conducted either in groups of healthy individuals, or individuals with mental health problems, and they assessed following issues: behavior problems, violence behaviors, anxiety, depressive symptoms/depression, aggressive disorder, psychotic features, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, suicidal incident, as well as general patterns, as follows: mental health, level of distress, quality of life, well-being, mood, sleep patterns. …”
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Prevalence and demographic variation of cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, and mental health conditions in 12 million english primary care records by Jennifer Cooper, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Francesca Crowe, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Colin McCowan, Thomas Jackson, Aditya Acharya, Krishna Gokhale, Niluka Gunathilaka, Tom Marshall, Shamil Haroon

“…However, screening studies typically reported higher prevalence estimates than primary care data, especially for PTSD, bipolar disorder and eating disorders. Conclusions The prevalence of many clinically diagnosed conditions in primary care records closely matched that of other sources. …”
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Opportunities for the Implementation of a Digital Mental Health Assessment Tool in the United Kingdom: Exploratory Survey Study by Benedetta Spadaro, Nayra A Martin-Key, Erin Funnell, Jiří Benáček, Sabine Bahn

“…Neurodevelopmental disorders (30/56, 54%), bipolar disorder (25/52, 48%), and personality disorders (48/101, 47.5%) had the longest waiting times, with almost half (103/209, 49.3%) of these diagnoses taking >6 months. …”
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Music therapy in psychiatric units: evaluating its effectiveness by M. Campillo, T. Vates, A. Pratdesava, M. Vallve, A. Casals, J. Ortega Vallve, R. Sanchez Gonzalez

“…Patients from rehabilitation units were 7 women and 10 men. 14 had a schizophrenia related disorder and 3 had bipolar disorder. All items on the scale were scored above 9 over 10, (I felt heard, understood, and respected/ We worked on and talked about what I wanted to work on and talk about/ The therapist’s approach is a good fit for me) with an overall score of 9,62 over 10 (Overall, today’s session was right for me). …”
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Abstract 087: Cocaine‐Induced Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Syndrome by Tyler Kendall, Alexander Besser, Harsh Gupta

“…Methods N/A Results A 40‐year‐old female with a history of type I Diabetes mellitus, bipolar disorder, and polysubstance abuse presented with acute‐onset bilateral lower limb weakness, sensory loss, neck pain, and bladder incontinence. …”
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Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine in Persons with Schizophrenia and Other Serious Mental Illnesses by Faith Dickerson, Robert Yolken

“…Results: A total of 315 samples were obtained from 176 persons (28 schizophrenia, 51 bipolar disorder, 80 major depressive disorder, and 17 non-psychiatric comparison persons). …”
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Stigma and burden of mental illness and their correlates among family caregivers of mentally ill patients by Omnya S. Ebrahim, Ghada S. T. Al-Attar, Romany H. Gabra, Doaa M. M. Osman

“…The caregivers’ burden was assessed using Zarit burden Interview, and Modified Attitude toward Mental Illness Questionnaire was used to assess caregivers’ knowledge and attitude towards mental illness. Results Bipolar disorder (48%) and schizophrenia/other related psychotic disorders (42.8%) were the most common mental illnesses among the study patients. …”
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Clustering of physical health multimorbidity in people with severe mental illness: An accumulated prevalence analysis of United Kingdom primary care data. by Naomi Launders, Joseph F Hayes, Gabriele Price, David Pj Osborn

“…We identified 68,783 adults with a primary care diagnosis of SMI (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or other psychoses) from 2000 to 2018, matched up to 1:4 to 274,684 patients without an SMI diagnosis, on age, sex, primary care practice, and year of registration at the practice. …”
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Comorbilidad del trastorno de hiperactividad con déficit de atención (THDA) en una muestra poblacional de niños y adolescentes escolares, Sabaneta, Colombia, 2001 Comorbidity of at... by Jaime Carrizosa Moog, Yaneth Sánchez Mosquera, Oscar Osío Uribe, Jorge Holguín Acosta, José William Cornejo Ochoa

“…RESULTS: learning disorder was the most frequent comorbidity (15,1%), followed by oppositional defiant disorder (5%), generalized anxiety (2,7%), conduct disorders (2,7%), phobias (2,3), depression (1,8%), bipolar disorder (1,8%). Epilepsy and obsessive compulsive disorder represented each 0,9%. …”
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Deprexis® Acceptability study in REal life (DARE): study design by O. Amiot, A. H. Clair, P. Courtet, E. Fakra, V. Narboni, F. Gheysen, E. Haffen, D. Drapier, L. Lecardeur

“…Exclusion criteria are diagnosis of bipolar disorder, psychotic symptoms and/or suicidal thoughts during the current episode. …”
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Physical Versus Virtual Reality–Based Calm Rooms for Psychiatric Inpatients: Quasi-Randomized Trial by Maria Ilioudi, Philip Lindner, Lilas Ali, Sara Wallström, Almira Osmanovic Thunström, Michael Ioannou, Nicole Anving, Viktor Johansson, William Hamilton, Örjan Falk, Steinn Steingrimsson

“…MethodsThe study was conducted in 2 inpatient psychiatric wards specializing in bipolar disorder from March 2019 to February 2021. Patients who were already admitted were asked if they were interested in using a calm room and willing to provide ratings. …”
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LAI-2 adjunctive treatment for type I Bipolar patients with comorbid Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: preliminary data from a real-world multi-centric Italian clinical experience by V. Martiadis, E. Pessina, A. Martini, F. Raffone, P. Giunnelli, D. De Berardis

“… Introduction Comorbidity with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) affects from 10 to 20% of the clinical samples considered. …”
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Individualized Drugs’ Selection by Evaluation of Drug Properties, Pharmacogenomics and Clinical Parameters: Performance of a Bioinformatic Tool Compared to a Clinically Estab... by Borro M, Gentile G, Preissner SH, Pomes LM, Gohlke BO, Del Casale A, Eckert A, Marchetti P, Preissner S, Preissner R, Simmaco M

“…In this study, we aimed to evaluate the performance of this established “manual” process of therapy selection with a novel bioinformatic tool, the Drug-PIN system.Patients and Methods: A total of 200 patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorders or a depressive episode in Bipolar Disorder, with at least three previous failed treatments, who underwent pharmacogenomic profiling and therapy counselling in the Sant’Andrea Hospital from 2017 to 2020. …”
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LAMOTRIGINE INDUCED LEUCOPENIA IN A PATIENT WITH TYPE 2 BIPOLAR DISEASE by S. VATANSEVER, N. USTA SAGLAM, E. BESTEPE

“… Introduction Lamotrigine(LTG) is a widely used medication for bipolar disorder(BD) maintenance treatment, bipolar depression, epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia.1The well-known common side effects of LTG are rash,fatigue, gastrointestinal symptoms,dizziness,headache,insomnia.2While one of the most refrained side effects of LTG is Steven Johnson’s syndrome, there have been reports of blood dyscrasia,such as agranulocytosis, neutropenia, pancytopenia.3,4Unfortunately, the exact mechanism of the blood dyscrasias isn’t fully explained.Here we report a case of LTG-induced leucopenia in a patient with BD type 2 patient.We obtained the patient’s consent. …”
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Combatting negative bias: a mental contrasting and implementation intentions online intervention to increase help-seeking among individuals with elevated depressive symptomatology by Amanda R. Keeler, Amanda R. Keeler, Amanda R. Keeler, Liesl A. Nydegger, Liesl A. Nydegger, William D. Crano

“…Future studies should consider using ecological momentary assessment measurements to establish the temporal precedence of intervention effects and whether MCII is effective for encouraging help-seeking among individuals prone to experiencing cognitive errors who may not be experiencing negative bias (e.g., bipolar disorder or anxiety). Clinicians may find this method successful in encouraging ongoing treatment engagement.…”
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Towards automated symptoms assessment in mental health by Osipov, M

“…Using the developed framework, the accuracy of differentiation between healthy controls and bipolar disorder was 67%, healthy controls and borderline personality disorder 70%, and bipolar vs. borderline personality disorder 80%. …”