The ideal job for people with BPAD: does such a profession even exist?
There is not really one ideal profession for people who have bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). However, patients can - when choosing a job - be guided by certain aspects, as certain jobs will be...
Bipolar affective disorder and premenstrual syndrome - what do they have in common?
Bipolaraffective disorder (BPAD) is an entity associated with episodes of both depressed and elevated mood. However, mood swings can also be found in a completely different condition, that of...
Bipolar affective disorder and astrocytes and interleukin-6
Various researchers are continually undertaking work to search for the causes of bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). Thespecialists at the US Salk Institute for Biological Studies present interesting...
Gastrointestinal bacterial flora and BPAD - what might they have in common?
The treatment of bipolar affective disorder currently mainly involves pharmaco- and psychotherapy. However, due to the fact that this condition is simply common and that not all patients have...
Nitrates in food and manic states
Manic states are suspected of having a number of different causes - genes or environmental conditions, among others, are thought to influence their occurrence. However, as the pathogenesis of mania...
Extremely good mood versus mania: how do you tell the difference?
When testing blood glucose levels, it is easy to determine whether they are appropriate, too low or too high. In psychiatry, for example, it is more difficult to determine whether a patient's...
On the validity of treatment in bipolar affective disorder
A pole is called a place that is for some reason the furthest away or has extreme characteristics. The poles (north and south) are those places on Earth that are their absolute opposites - the...
Bipolar and Borderline affective disorder: what do they have in common and what separates them?
As bipolar disorder and Borderline personality disorder can have a similar clinical course, there is a risk of misdiagnosis in patients. An accurate diagnosis in patients with these disorders is...
Side effects of normothymic drugs
More and more is being heard and spoken about normothymic drugs, or so-called mood stabilisers. Recent scientific studies show that more and more people (both men and women) are taking them. Many...
Lithium in the treatment of young people with BPAD
Lithium has shown very high efficacy in the treatment of bipolar affective disorder in children and adolescents.
Treatment of bipolar affective disorder
Bipolar affective disorder, or bipolar disorder, is actually classified as a syndrome characterised by episodes of depression, mania/hypomania and also a mixture of these episodes.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar affective disorder, or bipolar disorder, is a syndrome characterised by periods of depression , mania and mixed periods/ episodes.
When do we face bipolar affective disorder?
Many patients and those around them wonder when do we deal with bipolar affective disorder?
Perception of people with BPAD by others
Strange behaviour or bipolar affective disorder? Many people wonder when we can talk about bipolar affective disorder and when we are dealing with a person with a strong character, confident, overly...
BPAD in children and adolescents - symptoms and course of the illness
Bipolar affective disorder in children and adolescents is slightly less common than in adults.
Types of BPAD and pharmacotherapy
Bipolar affective disorder is characterised by alternating symptoms of depression and mania (or hypomania). The disorder significantly reduces patients' quality of life. This article outlines the...
Antiepileptic drugs for BPAD and fibromyalgia
The most characteristic symptoms of bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) are mood disorders. People with BPAD have opposing activities that follow one another - depression or a state of mania (or...
First symptoms of bipolar disorder (BPAD) - characteristic features
Bipolar affective disorder is otherwise known as psychosis or manic-depressive disorder.
Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD, manic-depressive illness/psychosis) is one of the more common mental disorders. It has a very negative impact on the life and normal functioning of patients. It is...
Mood (affective) disorders - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Mood (affective) disorders are among those disorders that can significantly affect our physical activity, occupational activity, emotionality and mood changes. We distinguish between unipolar and...
