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Predição da adesão ao tratamento e qualidade de vida de pacientes com transtorno bipolar
Prediction of treatment adherence and quality of life in patients with bipolar disorder

Objetivo: Descrever a predição de adesão ao tratamento e a percepção de qualidade de vida de pacientes com transtorno bipolar. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado com 35 pacientes de um Centro de Atenção Psicossocial III. Foi utilizada uma escala de avaliação da predição da adesão ao trata...

Medication exposure and predictors of first mood episode in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: a prospective study

Objectives: To prospectively investigate whether baseline clinical characteristics and medication exposure predict development of major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder. Methods: Youth aged 9-20 years with at least one biological parent with bipolar d...

How to prevent the malignant progression of bipolar disorder

There is increasing recognition that, in a high percentage of cases, bipolar disorder is a progressive illness. Multiple types of sensitization (or increased reactivity to repetition of the same stimulus) drive illness progression. One of the clearest is that of episode sensitization, where increased num...

Childhood-maltreatment subtypes in bipolar patients with suicidal behavior: systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective: Patients with bipolar disorders have a high risk of suicidal behavior. Childhood maltreatment is a well-established risk factor for suicidal behavior. The objective of this study was to examine the association between childhood-maltreatment subtypes and vulnerability to suicide attempts in bip...

Neurobiology of bipolar disorders: a review of genetic components, signaling pathways, biochemical changes, and neuroimaging findings

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic mental illness characterized by changes in mood that alternate between mania and hypomania or between depression and mixed states, often associated with functional impairment. Although effective pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments are available, several p...

Neuropsychiatrie symptoms as the only acute manifestation of a stroke in the left hemisphere. Case report

Rev. colomb. psiquiatr; 49 (3), 2020
ABSTRACT We report the case of a 60-year-old female patient with a history of hypertension and dyslipidemia, who suddenly presented with a clinical picture of emotional lability, disorientation, complex visual hallucinations and persecutory delusions. There were no associated neurological findings in her...