Aripiprazole once-monthly as maintenance treatment for bipolar I disorder: a 52-week, multicenter, open-label study
The long-acting injectable antipsychotic aripiprazole once-monthly 400 mg (AOM 400) was recently approved for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder (BP-I). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the s... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - June 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Joseph R. Calabrese, Na Jin, Brian Johnson, Pedro Such, Ross A. Baker, Jessica Madera, Peter Hertel, Jocelyn Ottinger, Joan Amatniek and Hiroaki Kawasaki Tags: Research Source Type: research

The perspectives of patients with lithium-induced end-stage renal disease
Lithium is the treatment of choice for patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD) but prolonged use induces renal dysfunction in at least 20% of patient. Intensive monitoring of kidney functioning helps to ... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - June 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ang èle P. M. Kerckhoffs, Erwin G. T. M. Hartong and Koen P. Grootens Tags: Research Source Type: research

Behavioural biomarkers and mobile mental health: a new paradigm
Over recent decades, the field of psychiatry has allocated a vast amount of resources and efforts to make available more accurate and objective methods to diagnose, assess and monitor treatment outcomes in psy... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - May 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Allan H. Young, Eduard Vieta and Francesc Colom Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Regularity of self-reported daily dosage of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics in patients with bipolar disorder
This study investigated the regularity in the daily dosage taken of mood stabilizers and second ge... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - May 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Maximilian Pilhatsch, Tasha Glenn, Natalie Rasgon, Martin Alda, Kemal Sagduyu, Paul Grof, Rodrigo Munoz, Wendy Marsh, Scott Monteith, Emanuel Severus, Rita Bauer, Philipp Ritter, Peter C. Whybrow and Michael Bauer Tags: Research Source Type: research

Monitoring of patients treated with lithium for bipolar disorder: an international survey
The objective was to internationally assess how health care profession... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - April 14, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: M. Nederlof, E. R. Heerdink, A. C. G. Egberts, I. Wilting, L. J. Stoker, R. Hoekstra and R. W. Kupka Tags: Research Source Type: research

Add-on treatment with N-acetylcysteine for bipolar depression: a 24-week randomized double-blind parallel group placebo-controlled multicentre trial (NACOS-study protocol)
Oxidative stress and inflammation may be involved in the development and progression of mood disorders, including bipolar disorder. Currently, there is a scarcity of useful treatment options for bipolar depres... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - April 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pernille Kempel Ellegaard, Rasmus Wentzer Licht, Henrik Enghusen Poulsen, Ren é Ernst Nielsen, Michael Berk, Olivia May Dean, Mohammadreza Mohebbi and Connie Thuroee Nielsen Tags: Research Source Type: research

Control charts for monitoring mood stability as a predictor of severe episodes in patients with bipolar disorder
Recurrent mood episodes and subsyndromal mood instability cause substantial disability in patients with bipolar disorder. Early identification of mood episodes enabling timely mood stabilization is an importan... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - April 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Maria D. L. A. Vazquez-Montes, Richard Stevens, Rafael Perera, Kate Saunders and John R. Geddes Tags: Research Source Type: research

Actigraphy as an objective intra-individual marker of activity patterns in acute-phase bipolar disorder: a case series
Actigraphy could be an objective alternative to clinical ratings of motor activity in bipolar disorder (BD), which is of importance now that increased activity and energy are added as cardinal symptoms of (hyp... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - March 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Karoline Krane-Gartiser, Andreas Asheim, Ole Bernt Fasmer, Gunnar Morken, Arne E. Vaaler and Jan Scott Tags: Case report Source Type: research

Circulating antithyroid antibodies contribute to the decrease of glomerular filtration rate in lithium-treated patients: a longitudinal study
Concerns about the adverse effects of long-term treatment with lithium include reduced renal function. In the present study, we examined comorbidities which may be associated with chronic kidney disease in a c... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - March 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alberto Bocchetta, Luca Ambrosiani, Gioia Baggiani, Claudia Pisanu, Caterina Chillotti, Raffaella Ardau, Fernanda Velluzzi, Doloretta Piras, Andrea Loviselli and Antonello Pani Tags: Research Source Type: research

The association between mood state and chronobiological characteristics in bipolar I disorder: a naturalistic, variable cluster analysis-based study
Multiple types of chronobiological disturbances have been reported in bipolar disorder, including characteristics associated with general activity levels, sleep, and rhythmicity. Previous studies have focused ... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - February 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Robert Gonzalez, Trisha Suppes, Jamie Zeitzer, Colleen McClung, Carol Tamminga, Mauricio Tohen, Angelica Forero, Alok Dwivedi and Andres Alvarado Tags: Research Source Type: research

Resilience concepts in psychiatry demonstrated with bipolar disorder
The term resilience describes stress –response patterns of subjects across scientific disciplines. In ecology, advances have been made to clearly distinguish resilience definitions based on underlying mechanist... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - February 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: David G. Angeler, Craig R. Allen and Maj-Liz Persson Tags: Review Source Type: research

Smartphone-based objective monitoring in bipolar disorder: status and considerations
In 2001, the WHO stated that: “The use of mobile and wireless technologies to support the achievement of health objectives (mHealth) has the potential to transform the face of health service delivery across th... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - January 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Michael Bauer and Lars Vedel Kessing Tags: Review Source Type: research

Association between CRP genetic diversity and bipolar disorder comorbid complications
Chronic low-grade inflammation is believed to contribute, at least in a subset of patients, to the development of bipolar disorder (BD). In this context, the most investigated biological marker is the acute ph... (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - January 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wahid Boukouaci, Jos é Oliveira, Bruno Etain, Meriem Bennabi, Christina Mariaselvam, Nora Hamdani, Céline Manier, Djaouida Bengoufa, Frank Bellivier, Chantal Henry, Jean-Pierre Kahn, Dominique Charron, Rajagopal Krishnamoorthy, Marion Leboyer and Ryad T Tags: Research Source Type: research

Interrater reliability in bipolar disorder research: current practices and suggestions for enhancing the best practices
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Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - January 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: June Gruber and Lauren M. Weinstock Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Cognitive functioning following stabilisation from first episode mania
The purpose of this study was to examine cognitive functioning in people following first-episode mania relative to a demographically similar healthy control group. (Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
Source: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders - December 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rothanthi Daglas, Kelly Allott, Murat Y ücel, Lisa P. Henry, Craig A. Macneil, Melissa K. Hasty, Michael Berk and Sue M. Cotton Tags: Research Source Type: research