Bipolar Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Bipolar, including details on bipolar disorder, symptoms, treatment, depression, medication.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 12 (December)

1. Temperament and Character in Mood Disorders: Influence of DRD4, SERTPR, TPH and MAO-A Polymorphisms.
   Neuropsychobiology, 53(1): 9-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Cost-effectiveness of clinical interventions for reducing the global burden of bipolar disorder.
   Br J Psychiatry, 187: 559-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Clinical use of carbamazepine for bipolar disorders.
   Expert Opin Pharmacother, 6(16): 2887-902. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Pediatric bipolar disorder: emerging diagnostic and treatment approaches.
   Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am, 15(1): 73-108. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. An update on publicly funded multisite trials in pediatric psychopharmacology.
   Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am, 15(1): 1-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Preliminary evidence for medication effects on functional abnormalities in the amygdala and anterior cingulate in bipolar disorder.
   Psychopharmacology (Berl), 183(3): 308-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene expression and promoter polymorphisms in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
   Psychopharmacology (Berl), 183(3): 378-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Cognitive functioning in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A quantitative review.
   Schizophr Res, 80(2): 137-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. NMDA receptor subunit NRI and postsynaptic protein PSD-95 in hippocampus and orbitofrontal cortex in schizophrenia and mood disorder.
   Schizophr Res, 80(2): 323-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Olfactory deficits, cognition and negative symptoms in early onset psychosis.
    Schizophr Res, 80(2): 283-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Comorbidity of obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in referred children and adolescents.
    Compr Psychiatry, 47(1): 42-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. N-Ethylmaleimide sensitive factor in the cortex of subjects with schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder.
    Neurosci Lett, 391(3): 112-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Psychosocial disability in the course of bipolar I and II disorders: a prospective, comparative, longitudinal study.
    Arch Gen Psychiatry, 62(12): 1322-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Elaboration on premorbid intellectual performance in schizophrenia: premorbid intellectual decline and risk for schizophrenia.
    Arch Gen Psychiatry, 62(12): 1297-304. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Rapid versus non-rapid cycling as a predictor of response to olanzapine and divalproex sodium for bipolar mania and maintenance of remission: post hoc analyses of 47-week data.
    J Affect Disord, 89(1): 69-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Subjective life satisfaction and objective functional outcome in bipolar and unipolar mood disorders: a longitudinal analysis.
    J Affect Disord, 89(1): 79-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Impact of childhood abuse on the course of bipolar disorder: a replication study in U.S. veterans.
    J Affect Disord, 89(1): 57-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Demographic and clinical features of schizoaffective (schizobipolar) disorder--a 5-year retrospective study. Support for a bipolar spectrum disorder.
    J Affect Disord, 89(1): 201-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Obsessive fears about harm to self or others and overt aggressive behaviors in youth diagnosed with juvenile-onset bipolar disorder.
    J Affect Disord, 89(1): 99-105. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Longitudinal evaluation of reproductive function in women treated for bipolar disorder.
    J Affect Disord, 89(1): 217-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. The use of the GBI as predictor of bipolar disorder in a population of adolescent offspring of parents with a bipolar disorder.
    J Affect Disord, 89(1): 147-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Racial differences in the treatment of veterans with bipolar disorder.
    Psychiatr Serv, 56(12): 1549-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Baseline predictors of serious adverse events at one year among patients with bipolar disorder in STEP-BD.
    Psychiatr Serv, 56(12): 1541-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Suicidal ideation and pharmacotherapy among STEP-BD patients.
    Psychiatr Serv, 56(12): 1534-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Use of health care services among persons who screen positive for bipolar disorder.
    Psychiatr Serv, 56(12): 1529-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. The genetic basis of hair whorl, handedness, and other phenotypes.
    Med Hypotheses. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Rapid dose titration of quetiapine for the treatment of acute schizophrenia and acute mania: a case series.
    J Psychopharmacol, 20(1): 119-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Current management of bipolar affective disorder: Is it reflective of the BAP guidelines?
    J Psychopharmacol, 20(1): 128-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Spatial working memory function in twins with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
    Biol Psychiatry, 58(12): 930-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. The Maudsley Bipolar Disorder Project: executive dysfunction in bipolar disorder I and its clinical correlates.
    Biol Psychiatry, 58(11): 859-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Prevalence of mental disorders and deliberate self-harm in Greek male prisoners.
    Int J Law Psychiatry, 29(1): 68-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. The effect of antidepressants on glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity: synthesis and mechanisms.
    Expert Opin Drug Saf, 5(1): 157-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Frontal lobe function in bipolar disorder: a multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy study.
    Neuroimage, 29(1): 172-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Valproic acid selectively inhibits conversion of arachidonic acid to arachidonoyl-CoA by brain microsomal long-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetases: relevance to bipolar disorder.
    Psychopharmacology (Berl), 184(1): 122-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Implications of the aquaporin-4 structure on array formation and cell adhesion.
    J Mol Biol, 355(4): 628-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Quality of care for substance use disorders in patients with serious mental illness.
    J Subst Abuse Treat, 30(1): 73-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Differences in hypothyroidism between lithium-free and -treated patients with bipolar disorders.
    Life Sci, 78(7): 771-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Genes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder? Implications for psychiatric nosology.
    Schizophr Bull, 32(1): 9-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia: a 440-single-nucleotide polymorphism screen of 64 candidate genes among Ashkenazi Jewish case-parent trios.
    Am J Hum Genet, 77(6): 918-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Atomoxetine for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents with bipolar disorders.
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 15(6): 996-1004. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Ethnic differences in maintenance antipsychotic prescription among adolescents with bipolar disorder.
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 15(6): 938-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Adjunctive topiramate in hospitalized children and adolescents with bipolar disorders.
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 15(6): 931-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Frequency of manic symptoms and bipolar disorder in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents using the K-SADS Mania Rating Scale.
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 15(6): 918-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Patterns of adherence to treatment in adolescents with bipolar disorder.
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 15(6): 913-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Volume deficits of subcortical nuclei in mood disorders A postmortem study.
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 255(6): 401-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. One generation of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid deprivation increases depression and aggression test scores in rats.
    J Lipid Res, 47(1): 172-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Review of the literature on major mental disorders in adult patients with mitochondrial diseases.
    Psychosomatics, 47(1): 1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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