OBJECTIVE: The relationship between anxiety and impulsivity is controversial and not well
explored. In a previous study we compared impulsivity, measured by different rating tools, in …

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have suggested that clinicians may under diagnose
bipolarity in a substantial proportion of depressive patients, and proposed that affective …

This review addresses the phenomenology of mania/bipolar disorder from a developmental
psychopathology perspective and uses cases with longitudinal information to illustrate major …

Emil Kraepelin proposed to separate psychiatric disorders with psychotic features into two
major categories, dementia præcox (later schizophrenia) and manicdepressive insanity …

Abstract The World Health Organization ranks depression as one of the top three health
conditions in terms of burden of disease. This chapter discusses the diagnosis and treatment …

This article reviews the current diagnostic criteria for bipolar mood episodes and disorders,
emphasizing gaps and limitations in the current definitions. The review also discusses terms …

The concept of bipolar disorder is an ongoing process. Its roots can be found in the work of
the ancient Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia, who assumed that melancholia and …

In the past decade, interest in and research on pediatric bipolar disorder (BD) has increased
substantially. Prevalence rates of the disorder have doubled in outpatient settings, while …

Background The aim of the present study was to assess sociodemographic and clinical
differences between inpatients with major mood disorders (bipolar disorder–BD–and major …

Hypotheses predicting how cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) would change the daily
pattern of mood and sleep in a patient with cyclothymia were formulated based on circadian …