Many patients with bipolar disorder (BD) are initially misdiagnosed with major depressive
disorder (MDD) and are treated with antidepressants, whose potential iatrogenic effects are …

BackgroundIt is clinically important to predict the conversion of major depression (MD) to
bipolar disorder (BD). Therefore, we sought to identify related conversion rates and risk …

BackgroundRatings of affective temperament types show promise in helping to differentiate
diagnostic groups among major affective disorders as well as to predict associations with …

Although several studies have examined a diagnostic conversion from major depressive
disorder (MDD) to bipolar disorder (BD), only a few studies specifically focused on …

Objectives: It is essential to clinically distinguish bipolar affective disorder from unipolar
affective disorders. However, patients previously diagnosed with unipolar affective disorder …

To evaluate the impact of age at onset on late-life depression course and on risk of
conversion to bipolar disorder (BD). A retrospective chart review of 100 elderly patients …

Background Bipolar disorder (BD) is difficult to discriminate from major depressive disorder
(MDD) before the appearance of mania or hypomania. This study was designed to identify …

A pivotal concept in the field of mood disorders is the dichotomy between unipolar
depression and bipolar disorder. Due to the unique treatment in older age bipolar disorder …

Bakgrund: Bipolär sjukdom tillhör kategorin psykiska sjukdomar och drabbar mellan 1-3
procent av befolkningen. Bipolaritet yttrar sig på olika sätt som antingen mani eller …