Depressive symptoms carry an increased risk for suicidal ideation and behavior in bipolar disorder without any additional contribution of mixed symptoms - Fiedorowicz JG, Persons JE, Assari S, Ostacher MJ, Zandi P, Wang PW, Thase ME, Frye MA, Coryell W.

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the risk of suicidal ideation or behavior during mixed states exceeds that attributable to the depressive components of these states alone in bipolar disorder. METHODS: We utilized real-world, longitudinal clinical ...

Source: SafetyLit - January 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news