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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Bipolar depression"”.
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Safety and Effectiveness of Antidepressants in Medicaid-Enrolled Pediatric Bipolar Depression
Pediatric bipolar disorder (I and II) patients suffer from recurrent episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), or mixed episodes with rapid cycling (Findling et al., 2001; Geller et al., 2002). Worldwide prevalence of bipolar disorder was 5% (Tondo et …
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Patient experiences of behavioral activation therapy for bipolar depression : a qualitative study
Bipolar depression remains a significant, unresolved challenge in terms of effective treatment. Behavioural activation (BA) has emerged in recent years as a favourable therapeutic option for unipolar depression, both from the perspective of cost and efficacy. However, limited research exists on the …
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HPA Axis Dysfunction In Treatment Resistant Affective Disorders
Background: TRD (Treatment Resistant Depression) patients have been shown to have hypercortisolemia and a hyperactive HP A (hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal) axis. The Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR) is a naturalistic measure of the HP A axis activity. Although found to be elevated in depression, it …
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“Evaluation and impact of subthreshold contrapolar symptoms during a Major Depressive Episode in unipolar and bipolar patients”
… Age, an operational definition of mixed depression was not included in the official psychiatric nomenclature until 2013 with the introduction of the “with mixed features” specifier (MFS) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). The MFS – which …
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Suicidal Ideation and Treatment-Resistant Depression: Clinical Endophenotype Characterization and Exploration of Novel Brain Stimulation Interventions
… in individuals with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) compared to those with depression who respond to treatment. Given treatment limitations of SI in TRD, novel interventions paired with an improved understanding of the neurobiology of SI are needed. In this thesis I explore the …
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The use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the treatment of psychiatric conditions at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Town. A retrospective audit
… for ECT was catatonia (n = 12; 55%), followed by bipolar depression (n = 4; 18%). The least common indications for ECT were bipolar mania and schizophrenia (n = 1; 4%). Patients had an average of 9 ECT sessions. 81% of patients had adequate short-term response to the treatment. 72.7% had adequate …
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Efectividad de la ketamina en depresión bipolar: revisión sistemática de la literatura
… clínico más distintivo del Trastorno Afectivo Bipolar es el ánimo patológicamente elevado, este no suele ser el estado de ánimo prevalente de la enfermedad. La fase depresiva del trastorno o depresión bipolar es más crónica, conlleva a un mayor deterioro de la funcionalidad y representa un reto …