Objectives: This review summarizes the literature on psychiatric and medical comorbidities
in bipolar disorder. The coexistence of other Axis I disorders with bipolar disorder …

Premorbid affective temperament types have an important role in the clinical evolution of
minor and major mood episodes including the direction of the polarity and the symptom …

Introduction Data about the prevalence of borderline personality (BPD) and bipolar (BD)
disorders comorbidity are scarce and the boundaries remain controversial. We conducted a …

Objective: To assess the sensitivity and specificity of a self-report questionnaire for bipolar
disorder, the Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS). Methods: The BSDS was …

OBJECTIVE: This review examines whether borderline personality disorder (BPD) should be
considered part of the bipolar spectrum. METHODS: A literature review examined studies of …

The concept of spectrum originally was used in physics to indicate an apparent qualitative
distinction arising from a quantitative continuum (ie, a series of colors formed when a beam …

Bipolar II disorder (recurrent depressive and hypomanic episodes) and related disorders
(united in the bipolar spectrum) are understudied, despite a prevalence of about 5% in the …

A cognitive approach to understanding mood swings and bipolar disorders is provided, with
the interpretation of changes in internal state as a central explanatory factor. The model …

The issue of health inequalities has steadily gained attention in South Korea, as income
inequality widened and social polarization increased following the country's economic crisis …

It is clinically important to recognize both bipolar disorder and borderline personality
disorder (BPD) in patients seeking treatment for depression, and it is important to distinguish …