Prefronto–cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation improves visuospatial memory, executive functions, and neurological soft signs in patients with euthymic …

A Minichino, FS Bersani, L Bernabei… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The aim of the study was to improve neuropsychological functioning of euthymic
patients with bipolar disorder (BD) using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) …

[HTML][HTML] A 6 week randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of ziprasidone for the acute depressive mixed state

A Patkar, W Gilmer, C Pae, PA Vöhringer, M Ziffra… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Objective To examine the efficacy of ziprasidone vs. placebo for the depressive mixed state
in patients with bipolar disorder type II or major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods 73 …

Shared and specific genetic risk factors for lifetime major depression, depressive symptoms and neuroticism in three population-based twin samples

KS Kendler, CO Gardner, MC Neale, S Aggen… - Psychological …, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundVulnerability to depression can be measured in different ways. We here
examine how genetic risk factors are inter-related for lifetime major depression (MD), self …

The genealogy of major depression: symptoms and signs of melancholia from 1880 to 1900

KS Kendler - Molecular Psychiatry, 2017 - nature.com
How deep are the historical roots of our concept of major depression (MD)? I showed
previously that psychiatric textbooks published in 1900–1960 commonly described 18 …

Age at onset in 3014 Sardinian bipolar and major depressive disorder patients

L Tondo, B Lepri, N Cruz… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Tondo L, Lepri B, Cruz N, Baldessarini RJ. Age at onset in 3014 Sardinian bipolar and major
depressive disorder patients. Objective: To test if onset age in major affective illnesses is …

Do the trajectories of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia follow a universal staging model?

A Duffy, GS Malhi, P Grof - The Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The purpose of this study is to address the question of whether a universal
staging model of severe psychiatric disorders is a viable direction for future research by …

Cyclothymic disorder: a critical review

AR Van Meter, EA Youngstrom, RL Findling - Clinical Psychology Review, 2012 - Elsevier
Cyclothymic disorder is a subtype of bipolar disorder included in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders since 1980, but largely neglected in research …

Kraepelin's concept of psychiatric illness

KS Kendler, A Jablensky - Psychological medicine, 2011 - cambridge.org
Emil Kraepelin fundamentally shaped our current psychiatric nosology. Although much has
been written about his diagnostic formulations, less is known about his views on the …

The origins of electroconvulsive therapy: Prof. Bini's first report on ECT

GL Faedda, I Becker, A Baroni, L Tondo… - Journal of affective …, 2010 - Elsevier
In August 1939, at the 3rd International Neurological Congress in Copenhagen, Professor
Lucio Bini reported on the first use of electricity to induce a seizure for therapeutic purposes …

Modifiable and non-modifiable factors associated with functional impairment during the inter-episodic periods of bipolar disorder

A Murru, I Pacchiarotti, N Verdolini, M Reinares… - European Archives of …, 2018 - Springer
The chronic, long-term evolution of bipolar disorder (BD) requires a careful clinical
characterization with prognostic implications in terms of symptom and functional control. The …