Aswin Ratheesh, Maria Speed, Estela Salagre, Michael Berk, Christopher Rohde, Søren Dinesen Østergaard
{"title":"Prior psychiatric morbidity and differential psychopharmacological treatment patterns: Exploring the heterogeneity of bipolar disorder in a nationwide study of 9594 patients","authors":"Aswin Ratheesh, Maria Speed, Estela Salagre, Michael Berk, Christopher Rohde, Søren Dinesen Østergaard","doi":"10.1111/bdi.13432","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bdi.13432","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Individuals with bipolar disorders (BD) have heterogenic pre-onset illness courses and responses to treatment. The pattern of illness preceding the diagnosis of BD may be a marker of future treatment response. Here, we examined associations between psychiatric morbidity preceding the diagnosis of BD and pharmacological treatment patterns in the 2 years following diagnosis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this register-based study, we included all patients with a diagnosis of BD attending Danish Psychiatric Services between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2016. We examined the association between a diagnosis of substance use disorder, psychosis (other than schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder), unipolar depression, anxiety/OCD, PTSD, personality disorder, or ADHD preceding BD and pharmacological treatment patterns following the diagnosis of BD (lithium, valproate, lamotrigine, antidepressants, olanzapine, risperidone, and quetiapine) via multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression adjusted for age, sex, and year of BD diagnosis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We included 9594 patients with a median age of 39 years, 58% of whom were female. Antidepressants, quetiapine, and lamotrigine were the most commonly used medications in BD and were all linked to prior depressive illness and female sex. Lithium was used among patients with less diagnostic heterogeneity preceding BD, while valproate was more likely to be used for patients with prior substance use disorder or ADHD.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The pharmacological treatment of BD is linked to psychiatric morbidity preceding its diagnosis. Assuming that these associations reflect well-informed clinical decisions, this knowledge may inform future clinical trials by taking participants' prior morbidity into account in treatment allocation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8959,"journal":{"name":"Bipolar Disorders","volume":"26 6","pages":"570-583"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bdi.13432","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140673421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new model for the prevention of suicide in bipolar disorder: Every patient, every setting, every provider","authors":"Ayal Schaffer, Gin S. Malhi","doi":"10.1111/bdi.13442","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bdi.13442","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8959,"journal":{"name":"Bipolar Disorders","volume":"26 4","pages":"309-312"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140678842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Petter Jakobsen, Ulysse Côté-Allard, Michael Alexander Riegler, Lena Antonsen Stabell, Andrea Stautland, Tine Nordgreen, Jim Torresen, Ole Bernt Fasmer, Ketil Joachim Oedegaard
{"title":"Early warning signals observed in motor activity preceding mood state change in bipolar disorder","authors":"Petter Jakobsen, Ulysse Côté-Allard, Michael Alexander Riegler, Lena Antonsen Stabell, Andrea Stautland, Tine Nordgreen, Jim Torresen, Ole Bernt Fasmer, Ketil Joachim Oedegaard","doi":"10.1111/bdi.13430","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bdi.13430","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Alterations in motor activity are well-established symptoms of bipolar disorder, and time series of motor activity can be considered complex dynamical systems. In such systems, early warning signals (EWS) occur in a critical transition period preceding a sudden shift (tipping point) in the system. EWS are statistical observations occurring due to a system's declining ability to maintain homeostasis when approaching a tipping point. The aim was to identify critical transition periods preceding bipolar mood state changes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Participants with a validated bipolar diagnosis were included to a one-year follow-up study, with repeated assessments of the participants' mood. Motor activity was recorded continuously by a wrist-worn actigraph. Participants assessed to have relapsed during follow-up were analyzed. Recognized EWS features were extracted from the motor activity data and analyzed by an unsupervised change point detection algorithm, capable of processing multi-dimensional data and developed to identify when the statistical property of a time series changes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Of 49 participants, four depressive and four hypomanic/manic relapses among six individuals occurred, recording actigraphy for 23.8 ± 0.2 h/day, for 39.8 ± 4.6 days. The algorithm detected change points in the time series and identified critical transition periods spanning 13.5 ± 7.2 days. For depressions 11.4 ± 1.8, and hypomania/mania 15.6 ± 10.2 days.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The change point detection algorithm seems capable of recognizing impending mood episodes in continuous flowing data streams. Hence, we present an innovative method for forecasting approaching relapses to improve the clinical management of bipolar disorder.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8959,"journal":{"name":"Bipolar Disorders","volume":"26 5","pages":"468-478"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bdi.13430","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140627978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Russell Franco D’Souza, Shabbir Amanullah, Mary Mathew, Rajiv Tandon, Krishna Mohan Surapaneni
{"title":"ChatGPT: A new horizon at the intersect of human and artificial intelligence in academic psychiatry","authors":"Russell Franco D’Souza, Shabbir Amanullah, Mary Mathew, Rajiv Tandon, Krishna Mohan Surapaneni","doi":"10.1111/bdi.13441","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bdi.13441","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8959,"journal":{"name":"Bipolar Disorders","volume":"26 4","pages":"393-394"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140628432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kim Wright, Manja Koenders, Katie M. Douglas, Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Kathryn E. Lewandowski, David J. Miklowitz, Emma Morton, Greg Murray, Thomas Richardson, Luisa de Siqueira Rotenberg, Sarah H. Sperry, Anna R. Van Meter, Andrea B. Vassilev, Luisa Weiner, Lauren M. Weinstock, Esther Mesman
{"title":"Psychological therapies for people with bipolar disorder: Where are we now, and what is next? ISBD Psychological Interventions Taskforce—Position paper","authors":"Kim Wright, Manja Koenders, Katie M. Douglas, Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Kathryn E. Lewandowski, David J. Miklowitz, Emma Morton, Greg Murray, Thomas Richardson, Luisa de Siqueira Rotenberg, Sarah H. Sperry, Anna R. Van Meter, Andrea B. Vassilev, Luisa Weiner, Lauren M. Weinstock, Esther Mesman","doi":"10.1111/bdi.13418","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bdi.13418","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8959,"journal":{"name":"Bipolar Disorders","volume":"26 6","pages":"523-528"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140628092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katie M. Douglas, Sarah H. Sperry, Olivia M. Dean, Gabriel R. Fries, Fabiano A. Gomes, Joanna Jiménez Pavón, Emma Morton, Rachel H. B. Mitchell, Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen, Norma Verdolini, Ni Xu, Georgina M. Hosang, Rebekah S. Huber
{"title":"Supporting career development for early- and mid-career professionals working in the bipolar disorder field: Key initiatives to be implemented by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Early- and Mid-Career Committee","authors":"Katie M. Douglas, Sarah H. Sperry, Olivia M. Dean, Gabriel R. Fries, Fabiano A. Gomes, Joanna Jiménez Pavón, Emma Morton, Rachel H. B. Mitchell, Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen, Norma Verdolini, Ni Xu, Georgina M. Hosang, Rebekah S. Huber","doi":"10.1111/bdi.13416","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bdi.13416","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8959,"journal":{"name":"Bipolar Disorders","volume":"26 3","pages":"211-215"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140591654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roger S. McIntyre, Bethany Davis, Jane Rodgers, Ludmyla Rekeda, Julie Adams, Lakshmi N. Yatham
{"title":"Cariprazine as a maintenance therapy in the prevention of mood episodes in adults with bipolar I disorder","authors":"Roger S. McIntyre, Bethany Davis, Jane Rodgers, Ludmyla Rekeda, Julie Adams, Lakshmi N. Yatham","doi":"10.1111/bdi.13421","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bdi.13421","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Cariprazine treats acute manic and depressive episodes in bipolar I disorder (BP-I), but its efficacy in preventing relapse of mood episode remains unknown.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this phase 3b, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, patients with BP-I with acute manic or depressive episodes (each with/without mixed features), were treated with cariprazine 3.0 mg/day during a 16-week open-label treatment period; those who achieved stable remission within 8 weeks and remained stable for at least another 8 weeks were randomized to receive cariprazine 1.5 or 3.0 mg per day or placebo in the double-blind treatment period for up to 39 weeks. The primary efficacy endpoint was time to relapse of any mood episode. Adverse events (AEs) were assessed.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Patients (440/896) enrolled in the open-label treatment period achieved stability criteria and were randomized to receive cariprazine 3.0 mg/day (<i>n</i> = 148), cariprazine 1.5 mg/day (<i>n</i> = 147), or placebo (<i>n</i> = 145) in the double-blind treatment period. Relapse rates were 17.9%, 16.8%, and 19.7% in the cariprazine 3.0 mg/day, cariprazine 1.5 mg/day, and placebo groups, respectively. Neither dose of cariprazine was more effective than placebo on the primary outcome (3.0 mg/day: HR = 0.89, [95% CI: 0.5, 1.5]; 1.5 mg/day: HR = 0.83, 95% CI [0.5, 1.4]). The most frequently reported AEs (≥5%) were akathisia, headache, insomnia, and nausea in the open-label treatment period and increased weight and insomnia in the double-blind treatment period. In the open-label and double-blind treatment periods, 7.5% and 1.6% of patients experienced an AE leading to discontinuation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Cariprazine was not superior to placebo in the prevention of relapses in this study. Relapse rates were unusually low in the placebo group. Cariprazine was well-tolerated.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8959,"journal":{"name":"Bipolar Disorders","volume":"26 5","pages":"442-453"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bdi.13421","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140591567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roger B. Varela, Suelen L. Boschen, Nathanael Yates, Tristan Houghton, Charles D. Blaha, Kendall H. Lee, Kevin E. Bennet, Abbas Z. Kouzani, Michael Berk, João Quevedo, Samira S. Valvassori, Susannah J. Tye
{"title":"Anti-manic effect of deep brain stimulation of the ventral tegmental area in an animal model of mania induced by methamphetamine","authors":"Roger B. Varela, Suelen L. Boschen, Nathanael Yates, Tristan Houghton, Charles D. Blaha, Kendall H. Lee, Kevin E. Bennet, Abbas Z. Kouzani, Michael Berk, João Quevedo, Samira S. Valvassori, Susannah J. Tye","doi":"10.1111/bdi.13423","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bdi.13423","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Treatment of refractory bipolar disorder (BD) is extremely challenging. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) holds promise as an effective treatment intervention. However, we still understand very little about the mechanisms of DBS and its application on BD.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The present study aimed to investigate the behavioural and neurochemical effects of ventral tegmental area (VTA) DBS in an animal model of mania induced by methamphetamine (m-amph).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Wistar rats were given 14 days of m-amph injections, and on the last day, animals were submitted to 20 min of VTA DBS in two different patterns: intermittent low-frequency stimulation (LFS) or continuous high-frequency stimulation (HFS). Immediately after DBS, manic-like behaviour and nucleus accumbens (NAc) phasic dopamine (DA) release were evaluated in different groups of animals through open-field tests and fast-scan cyclic voltammetry. Levels of NAc dopaminergic markers were evaluated by immunohistochemistry.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>M-amph induced hyperlocomotion in the animals and both DBS parameters reversed this alteration. M-amph increased DA reuptake time post-sham compared to baseline levels, and both LFS and HFS were able to block this alteration. LFS was also able to reduce phasic DA release when compared to baseline. LFS was able to increase dopamine transporter (DAT) expression in the NAc.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>These results demonstrate that both VTA LFS and HFS DBS exert anti-manic effects and modulation of DA dynamics in the NAc. More specifically the increase in DA reuptake driven by increased DAT expression may serve as a potential mechanism by which VTA DBS exerts its anti-manic effects.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8959,"journal":{"name":"Bipolar Disorders","volume":"26 4","pages":"376-387"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bdi.13423","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140334559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}