Differential clinical characteristics and possible predictors of bipolarity in a sample of unipolar and bipolar inpatients

G Serafini, D Lamis, G Canepa, A Aguglia… - Psychiatry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Major affective conditions including both unipolar (UD) and bipolar disorders (BD) are
associated with significant disability throughout the life course. We aimed to investigate the …

Bipolar subtypes and their clinical correlates in a sample of 391 bipolar individuals

G Serafini, X Gonda, A Aguglia, A Amerio, F Santi… - Psychiatry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Differences between BD-I and BD-II patients with regard to specific illness characteristics are
poorly understood. This study is mainly aimed to compare socio-demographic and clinical …

Characterization of clinical features and comorbidities between bipolar affective disorder with and without depressive episodes

CE Chang, J Wang, YT Lin, CC Chiu… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundsA proportion of patients with bipolar disorder (BD) manifests with only unipolar
mania (UM). This study examined relevant clinical features and psychosocial characteristics …

Identifying antecedent and illness course variables differentiating bipolar I, bipolar II and unipolar disorders

G Parker, K Fletcher, S McCraw, S Futeran… - Journal of affective …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Clinical differentiation of bipolar conditions (and especially bipolar II
disorder) from unipolar conditions is not always straightforward. We sought to identify illness …

Clinical expression of bipolar disorder type I as a function of age and polarity at onset: convergent findings in samples from France and the United States

B Etain, M Lajnef, F Bellivier, F Mathieu… - The Journal of clinical …, 2012 - psychiatrist.com
Background: The clinical presentation, course, and comorbidities of bipolar disorder type I
are highly heterogeneous, and this variability remains poorly predictable. Certain onset …

Are the bipolar disorders best modelled categorically or dimensionally?

GB Parker, RK Graham… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Considerable debate exists as to whether the bipolar disorders are best classified
according to a categorical or dimensional model. This study explored whether there is …

Socio-demographic and clinical characterization of patients with Bipolar Disorder I vs II: a Nationwide Italian Study

AC Altamura, M Buoli, B Cesana, B Dell'Osso… - European archives of …, 2018 - Springer
Bipolar disorders (BDs) are prevalent, comorbid and disabling conditions, associated with
the highest suicide risk among psychiatric illnesses. In the last few years, new efforts to …

Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified in relation to the bipolar spectrum

CD Bader, DL Dunner - Bipolar Disorders, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics of
patients who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (BPD NOS) and …

Predominant polarity in bipolar disorder: diagnostic implications

AR Rosa, AC Andreazza, M Kunz, F Gomes… - Journal of affective …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: It has been reported that patients with bipolar disorder (BD) remain about
10 years symptomatic before the correct diagnosis is made. This fact is particularly important …

Lifetime presence of psychotic symptoms in bipolar disorder is associated with less favorable socio-demographic and certain clinical features

B Dell'Osso, G Camuri, L Cremaschi, C Dobrea… - Comprehensive …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The presence of psychotic symptoms in bipolar disorder (BD) is considered a
feature of higher severity of illness and, in particular, of manic episodes in bipolar I disorder …