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Showing 1 to 20 of 194 for “"Bipolar Disorder"”.
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Risk taking in bipolar disorder
Part 1Background: People with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder can make suboptimal decisions during manic and depressive episodes which can have negative long-term consequences. This review aims to explore individual factors, including mood state and personality traits, which could affect decision …
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Reward-oriented processes in bipolar disorder
… characteristic reward-oriented processes in bipolar disorder and dysregulation in the behavioural activation system (BAS). This study aimed to assess differences between bipolar and healthy control individuals in their response to reward, failure and a reasoning task sensitive to …
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Parenting Among Mothers With Bipolar Disorder
One of the most predominant service requested was support groups. The families might benefit from a family psycho-education program. Future research could explore the causes of problems in disciplining and the ways to handle it.
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Epidemiological Assessment of Bipolar Disorder in Canada
… of this thesis was to estimate the prevalence of bipolar disorder (BD) including bipolar I (BDI) and bipolar II (BDII) disorder subtypes, in Canada in 2012 and to characterize persons with BD in terms of demographic features, health status, and mental health service utilization. During the course …
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Elucidating the genetic aetiology of Bipolar Disorder
Introduction: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a debilitating mood disorder with substantial genetic contributions. However, while the existence of its heritability is well-established, the precise genetic components and mechanisms of BD remain unknown. This is a pilot study aimed at optimising the use of …
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Effects of bipolar disorder on intrinsic brain networks
Introduction: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a brain network disorder that affects cognitive and emotional functioning, and is associated with prefrontal and/or limbic dysfunction. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) allows identification of intrinsic brain networks (IBN), like the default mode …
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The impact of comorbid anxiety disorders on bipolar disorder
Studies have suggested that comorbid anxiety disorders may have a negative impact on bipolar disorder. This study aimed to evaluate the possible effect of comorbid anxiety disorders on bipolar disorder among outpatients in Iceland by examining demographic variables, the course of illness, current …
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Synaptic Mechanisms Underlying Treatment of Depression and Bipolar Disorder
… a mood stabilizer and a common treatment for Bipolar Disorder (BD) is being investigated. Lithium has antidepressant and antimanic effects in patients with BD that can be recapitulated in animal models. While lithium is effective as a mood stabilizer, the mechanisms that underlie its …
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Reinforcements as an intervention in children with bipolar disorder
… problems that are common in children with Bipolar Disorder. The subject was a six-year-old Caucasian boy diagnosed as bipolar. The experiment was performed during eight non-consecutive group therapy sessions. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant difference in behavior from …
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Mood Management in Bipolar Disorder : A Five Stage Process.
… effectiveness of psychological interventions for bipolar disorder (BD) may be enhanced by having a coherent psychological model of BD, which amalgamates many of the concepts proposed in the existing psychological models of BD and some which are not. This PhD aimed to expand on the Self Regulation …
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Risk-Taking Behaviour in people diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder
… risk-taking behaviour in people diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder (BD). Research has traditionally attributed risk-taking behaviour in BD to difficulties in impulse control. Nonetheless, impulsivity remains predominantly measured using self-report questionnaires, with dubious validity. The links …
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An exploration of experiences of bipolar disorder within couples
… couples in which one partner has a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder (BD). Couples were interviewed together to gain a co-constructed view of the relationship and transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA). Analysis yielded four super-ordinate themes which …
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Visual imagery, mood, and goal appraisal in bipolar disorder
… literature related to goal processes in bipolar disorder is reviewed. The review begins with an overview of the research in this area, and in particular the Behavioral Activation System dysregulation theory of bipolar disorder. It continues with a rationale for the current review. The …
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Genetic analysis of bipolar disorder and alcohol use disorder
Background: Mental health disorders represent a major public health problem in most countries around the world. In South Africa, the lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders is 30.3%, with substance-use disorders and mood disorders being the second and third most prevalent classes of lifetime …
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A systematic review of DTI studies in Bipolar Disorder
… changes in the microstructure of white matter in bipolar disorder. The results are poorly replicated and inconsistent, however, with some authors suggesting a predominance of alterations in fronto-limbic white matter. Preliminary reading of the literature suggests that white matter changes as …
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Sleep Disruption in Cognitive and Occupational Functioning in Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is frequently associated with a number of poor outcomes including, but not limited to, a significant impairment in the ability to return to premorbid levels of occupational and psychosocial functioning, often despite the remission of mood symptoms. An extensive line of research has …
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Theory of Mind in Bipolar Disorder: A Pilot Descriptive Study
… (ToM) decoding differs between patients with bipolar disorder who are experiencing mania, euthymia, or depression. Secondarily, to determine if a bias in ToM in patients experiencing different affective episodes is related to a positive, negative, or neutral valence of the target. Finally, to …
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Neuropsychological and emotion processing deficits in adults with bipolar disorder
… in neurocognitive function in adults affected by bipolar I disorder (BP), however processing of emotional information has received relatively little attention, despite the fact that BP is characterized by emotion dysregulation. Although learning and memory deficits for non-emotional information …
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