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Childhood maltreatment tied to lifetime anxiety disorders in bipolar
Childhood maltreatment is associated with lifetime anxiety among people with bipolar disorder.
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Combination therapy brought lasting benefits in bipolar disorder
Major findings: Mania symptoms remained unchanged (P = .093) among patients in the experimental group and increased significantly among those in...
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AIM subscale scores measure affective intensity in bipolar I, II
Major finding: The unpeacefulness subscale score on the Affect Intensity Measure was associated with the onset of psychotic symptoms (P = .0006)...
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Increased energy/activity was key symptom in hospitalized bipolar mania patients
Major finding: The IRT analysis assigned values to each symptom, and the highest values were assigned to "increased energy" (4.05), "elated mood...
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Intervention uses smart phones to predict relapse in alcohol dependence
Major finding: Patients with recovery progress scores of –35 to –28 had a 33% probability of lapse and a 67% probability of non-lapse.
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Watch for Heavy Smoking in Schizophrenia
Major Finding: Total cholesterol was significantly higher among heavy smokers (190.7 mg/dL), compared with non–heavy smokers (178.2 mg/dL).
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Depression, Obesity Linked in Older Women but Not Older Men
Major Finding: Women who were in obesity classes II and III at baseline had significantly higher odds for being depressive 5 years later than did...