Long-term naturalistic follow-up of patients with bipolar depression and mixed state treated with electroconvulsive therapy

P Medda, M Mauri, S Fratta, B Ciaponi… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aim of the present study was to evaluate the long-term outcome in a sample of
patients with bipolar disorder with severe depression or mixed-state resistant to …

Phenomenological subtypes of severe bipolar mixed states: a factor analytic study

G Perugi, P Medda, AC Swann, J Reis, S Rizzato… - Comprehensive …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective The correct identification of bipolar mixed states (MS) has important implications
for clinical practice. The aim of the study was to define the multidimensional …

A prospective study of the impact of subthreshold mixed states on the 24-month clinical outcomes of bipolar I disorder or schizoaffective disorder

S Dodd, J Kulkarni, L Berk, F Ng, PB Fitzgerald… - Journal of affective …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The clinical significance of subthreshold mixed states is unclear. This study
investigated the clinical outcomes in participants with bipolar I disorder or schizoaffective …

História da caracterização nosológica do transtorno bipolar

JA Del-Porto, KO Del-Porto - Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
Os autores apresentam uma sintética revisão da história da doença bipolar, a partir de
Araeteus da Capadócia até os tempos atuais. O conceito moderno de doença bipolar foi …

The argument of antidepressant drugs in the treatment of bipolar depression: mixed evidence or mixed states?

M Fornaro, M Martino, C De Pasquale… - Expert Opinion on …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The role of antidepressant drugs in acute and maintenance treatment of bipolar
depression is a matter of debate that cannot be decided from the evidence available in the …

Major depressive disorder with anger: a bipolar spectrum disorder?

F Benazzi - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2003 - karger.com
Background: Depression with anger may be more common in bipolar disorders. The aim of
the study was to assess whether major depressive disorder (MDD) with anger could be …

Presence of irritability during depressive episodes in bipolar disorder

T Deckersbach, RH Perlis, WG Frankle, SM Gray… - CNS …, 2004 - cambridge.org
Background: This study examined the prevalence of irritability in patients with bipolar I
disorder during an episode of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth …

Toward a clinical delineation of dysphoric hypomania–operational and conceptual dilemmas

HS Akiskal, F Benazzi - Bipolar disorders, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Unlike dysphoric mania, we are unaware of any formal studies of dysphoric
hypomania (DH). For this reason, DH is not formally recognized by DSM‐IV and ICD‐10 …

The continuum/spectrum concept of mood disorders: is mixed depression the basic link?

F Benazzi - European archives of psychiatry and clinical …, 2006 - Springer
Background Mixed states, ie, opposite polarity symptoms in the same mood episode,
question the bipolar/unipolar splitting of mood disorders, and support a spectrum view …

The role of different patterns of psychomotor symptoms in major depressive episode: Pooled analysis of the BRIDGE and BRIDGE‐II‐MIX cohorts

M Barbuti, C Mainardi, I Pacchiarotti… - Bipolar …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Psychomotor agitation (PA) or retardation (PR) during major depressive
episodes (MDEs) have been associated with depression severity in terms of treatment …