PinterestDepression onset happens faster in bipolar patients: Study
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- Published on Thursday, 22 November 2012 10:17
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German researchers have found that the onset of depressive episodes in bipolar disorder patients lasts about one week, which is much shorter than in patients with unipolar depression, where onset lasts closer to one month.
“Clinicians should consider the possibility of a hidden bipolarity in patients who develop a depressive episode within a few days,” Maria Strauss and colleagues from the University of Leipzig in Germany advised.
Premature birth a risk for women with bipolar
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A Swedish study published recently in the British Medical Journal looked at women living with bipolar disorder, including those who were being treated for the illness as well as those who were not being treated, and found that they were more likely to have pregnancy complications and give birth prematurely (before 37 weeks) than women without bipolar disorder.
Previous studies have suggested that pregnancy complications for women with bipolar disorder were connected to medications, but little is known about the problems experienced by women with untreated bipolar disorder.
Depression plagues bipolar disorder patients during manic episodes: Study
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According to a new international study, titled “Investigating Manic Phases And Current Trends of Bipolar, or IMPACT of Bipolar,” 64 percent of patients with bipolar I disorder experience symptoms of depression during episodes of mania.
“The results of the global IMPACT of Bipolar study show depression is a significant factor during mania for a considerable number of bipolar I patients,” said Professor Eduard Vieta, director of the Bipolar Disorders Program Hospital Clinic at the University of Barcelona in Spain.
