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(MedPage Today) -- The American Psychiatric Association released an apology to Black, indigenous, and other people of color for the role it played in structural racism. In young people with mood disorders -- particularly bipolar…

Pot Use Ups Odds for Suicide in Young People With Bipolar Disorder Source link

A decrease in activation of the LEF1 gene may be the reason why many patients with bipolar disorder do not respond to lithium, considered the 'gold standard' treatment, new research suggests. Medscape Medical News Source link

Decreased activation of the LEF1 gene is more common in bipolar patients who do not respond to lithium. Source link

Salk researchers find decreased activation of gene called LEF1 is more common in neurons of people with bipolar disorder who do not respond to lithium, pointing way to potential new treatment Credit: Salk Institute LA…

Related Articles A nation-wide population-based longitudinal study mapping physical diseases in patients with bipolar disorder and their siblings. J Affect Disord. 2020 Dec 24;282:18-25 Authors: Kessing…

The meiotic TopoVI B subunit (MTopVIB) plays an essential role in double-strand break formation in mouse (Mus musculus), Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), and rice (Oryza sativa), and recent work reveals that rice MTopVIB also plays an…

Before symptomatic relapse of bipolar depression occurs, those with the disorder display a greater tendency towards pessimistic beliefs. Source link

Title: Is Shock Therapy Making a Comeback Against Bipolar Disorder?Category: Health NewsCreated: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM Source link

Investigators found that among bipolar patients who fail to respond to standard treatments, ECT can be a lifesaver, preventing out-of-control mood swings and dramatically lowering suicide risk. Source link

Is Shock Therapy Making a Comeback Against Bipolar Disorder? Source link

Electroconvulsive therapy achieved response rates of more than 80% for all symptoms of bipolar disorder and remission rates of more than 60% for several features, results of a large study show. Medscape Medical News Source link

How would you feel if you had to wait 10 years or longer to get an accurate diagnosis of a medical problem like cancer, heart disease, or liver disease? It seems unconscionable. Unfortunately, that’s what happens to more than one-third…

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A unique machine learning tool shows promise in predicting the onset of bipolar disorder years before it occurs, results of a new proof-of-concept study suggest. Medscape Medical News Source link

Early identification of bipolar disorder among young adults - a 22-year community birth cohort. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2020 Sep 16;: Authors: Rabelo-da-Ponte FD, Feiten JG, Mwangi B, Barros FC,…

Predicting change in diagnosis from major depression to bipolar disorder after antidepressant initiation. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2020 Sep 14;: Authors: Pradier MF, Hughes MC, McCoy TH, Barroilhet…

An international team of doctors have developed a machine learning system which can predict the development of Bipolar Disorder up to 4 years before onset in young people: At age 18 it was able to predict which individuals would develop…

One of the largest ever studies of patients with untreatable bipolar disorder has shown that ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) was able to reduce suicide risk by 84% in high-risk patients, as well as giving effective treatment to around…

Related Articles Brain Age Prediction Reveals Aberrant Brain White Matter in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Multisample Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020 Jul…