Bipolar Disorder News

Tailored polygenic risk scores appeared to accurately predict progression to bipolar disorder or psychotic disorders, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Area-level artificial light at night, or ALAN, may negatively affect sleep patterns and increase risk for mood and anxiety disorders among adolescents, according to results of a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of its top five viewed stories in June.

Researchers have uncovered important factors associated with the switch from mania to depression among individuals with bipolar 1 disorder, according to results of a prospective observational study published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

An intervention that integrated behavioral counseling, care management and care coordination for patients with serious mental illness significantly reduced overall CV risk, researchers reported.

Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of five major stories from the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting.

A nutrition intervention focused on fatty acids may stabilize mood, energy, irritability and pain among individuals with bipolar disorder, according to data presented at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting.

Lumateperone appeared to significantly improve depressive symptoms among patients with a bipolar 1- or 2-associated major depressive episode, according to data presented at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting.

From 2007 to 2016, pediatric ED visits for all mental health disorders increased by 60% in the United States, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Researchers have observed significant changes in the treatment of bipolar disorder over the past 2 decades, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.