Bipolar Disorder

Researchers have identified eight psychiatric disorders that share a common genetic structure, according to study results published in Cell.

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder may be at an increased risk for depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety diagnoses than those without ASD, according to results of a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Research presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy — AMCP Nexus 2019 — highlighted real-world treatment patterns and costs for patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the United States.

Mood disorders, PTSD and anxiety disorders share brain phenotypes that may serve as targets for interventions, according to results of a meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Patients with bipolar disorder appeared significantly more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than the general population, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Neurology.

Since the turn of the century, organizations including the CDC and WHO have reported increasing suicide trends across the United States. Specifically, the CDC noted a 30% increase in suicide between 1999 and 2016. Globally, nearly 800,000 people die from suicide each year, and it remains the second leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 29 years, according to WHO.

Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day, and WHO has declared suicide prevention as the focus for 2019. According to WHO, someone dies by suicide every 40 seconds, and it chose this year’s theme “to raise awareness of the scale of suicide around the world and the role that each of us can play to help prevent it.”

Findings from a large genome-wide association study indicated that genetic liability of psychotic experiences may be shared with several psychiatric disorders in addition to schizophrenia, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Among military veterans, psychosis and bipolar disorder were more strongly linked to CVD events, such as MI and stroke and CVD mortality compared with other psychiatric diagnoses.

Increased long-term antibody response to cytomegalovirus and decreased response to Toxoplasma gondii were linked to bipolar disorder, according to findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.