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 5 (May)

1. Substance abuse in first-episode bipolar I disorder: indications for early intervention.
   Am J Psychiatry, 162(5): 1008-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Neuropsychological impairments in people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and their unaffected relatives.
   Br J Psychiatry, 186: 378-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Regional volume deviations of brain structure in schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder: computational morphometry study.
   Br J Psychiatry, 186: 369-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Bipolar disorders in children and adolescents.
   J Pediatr Health Care, 19(3): 131-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. The breakpoint cluster region gene on chromosome 22q11 is associated with bipolar disorder.
   Biol Psychiatry, 57(10): 1097-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The anti-apoptotic, glucocorticoid receptor cochaperone protein BAG-1 is a long-term target for the actions of mood stabilizers.
   J Neurosci, 25(18): 4493-502. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Acute mania in the setting of severe hypothyroidism.
   Psychosomatics, 46(3): 259-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. The GABA type A receptor alpha5 subunit gene is associated with bipolar I disorder.
   Neurosci Lett, 381(1): 108-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Rapid oral loading of extended release divalproex in patients with acute mania.
   Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 27(3): 218-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Stability of the diagnosis of first-episode psychosis made in an emergency setting.
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 27(3): 189-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Cannabinoids in bipolar affective disorder: a review and discussion of their therapeutic potential.
    J Psychopharmacol, 19(3): 293-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Are treatment emergent suicidality and decreased response to antidepressants in younger patients due to bipolar disorder being misdiagnosed as unipolar depression?
    Med Hypotheses, 65(1): 39-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Effects of patients with bipolar, schizophrenic, and major depressive disorders on the mental and other healthcare expenses of family members.
    Soc Sci Med, 61(2): 305-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. The management of bipolar disorder in primary care: a review of existing and emerging therapies.
    Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 59(3): 229-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Service utilization and costs of olanzapine versus divalproex treatment for acute mania: results from a randomized, 47-week clinical trial.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 21(4): 555-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Bipolar affective disorder in a male with a deletion of Y chromosome -- a case report.
    Bipolar Disord, 7(3): 298-301. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Hashimoto's encephalopathy presenting with bipolar affective disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 7(3): 292-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Clinical correlates of current level of functioning in primary care-treated bipolar patients.
    Bipolar Disord, 7(3): 286-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Functional impairment in the remission phase of bipolar disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 7(3): 281-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Divalproex sodium for pediatric mixed mania: a 6-month prospective trial.
    Bipolar Disord, 7(3): 266-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Reproductive function and risk for PCOS in women treated for bipolar disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 7(3): 246-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Pathways to care for patients with bipolar disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 7(3): 236-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Neuropsychological dysfunction in bipolar affective disorder: a critical opinion.
    Bipolar Disord, 7(3): 216-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Colocalization of corticotropin-releasing hormone and oestrogen receptor-alpha in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in mood disorders.
    Brain, 128: 1301-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Early onset bipolar disorder: clinical and research considerations.
    J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol, 34(2): 333-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Anxiety disorder comobidity in Bipolar I Disorder: relationship to depression severity and treatment outcome.
    Depress Anxiety, 21(2): 71-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Supraphysiological doses of levothyroxine alter regional cerebral metabolism and improve mood in bipolar depression.
    Mol Psychiatry, 10(5): 456-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Shared and specific susceptibility loci for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a dense genome scan in Eastern Quebec families.
    Mol Psychiatry, 10(5): 486-99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Hyperprolinemia is a risk factor for schizoaffective disorder.
    Mol Psychiatry, 10(5): 479-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Sex-specific association between bipolar affective disorder in women and GPR50, an X-linked orphan G protein-coupled receptor.
    Mol Psychiatry, 10(5): 470-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Systematic investigation of genetic variability in 111 human genes-implications for studying variable drug response.
    Pharmacogenomics J, 5(3): 183-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. How can the mood stabilizer VPA limit both mania and depression?
    Mol Cell Neurosci, 29(2): 155-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. An open-label trial of risperidone in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder.
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 15(2): 311-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Association of a functional BDNF polymorphism and anxiety-related personality traits.
    Psychopharmacology (Berl), 180(1): 95-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Glial fibrillary acidic protein mRNA levels in the cingulate cortex of individuals with depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
    Neuroscience, 133(2): 453-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Association between COMT (Val158Met) functional polymorphism and early onset in patients with major depressive disorder in a European multicenter genetic association study.
    Mol Psychiatry, 10(6): 598-605. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. A genome-wide scan points to a susceptibility locus for bipolar disorder on chromosome 12.
    Mol Psychiatry, 10(6): 545-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. The unwitting sacrifice problem.
    J Med Ethics, 31(6): 327-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Dominant-submissive behavior as models of mania and depression.
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 29(4): 715-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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