International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

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In this review, authors examined the preclinical and clinical evidence on the antiviral effects of lithium, offering a perspective for its potential use in clinical settings.

The course of psychiatric symptoms in older age bipolar disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Melis Orhan, Nicole Korten, Almar Kok, Dore Loef, Ralph Kupka, Sigfried Schouws, Patricia van Oppen and Annemiek Dols

Content type: Research 6 December 2022
Familial load of psychiatric disorders and overall functioning in patients newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder and their unaffected first-degree relatives

Authors: Kimie Stefanie Ormstrup Sletved, Katrine Maiggaard, Anne Amalie Elgaard Thorup, Lars Vedel Kessing and Maj Vinberg

Content type: Research 5 December 2022
A physically active lifestyle is associated with lower long-term incidence of bipolar disorder in a population-based, large-scale study

Authors: Martina Svensson, Sophie Erhardt, Ulf Hållmarker, Stefan James and Tomas Deierborg

Content type: Research 1 November 2022
The interplay of daily affect and impulsivity measured by mobile surveys in bipolar disorder

Authors: Madison K. Titone, Colin Depp, Federica Klaus, Jessica Carrasco, Jared W. Young and Lisa T. Eyler

Content type: Research 31 October 2022
Efficacy and safety of adjunctive therapy to lamotrigine, lithium, or valproate monotherapy in bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Authors: Taku Maruki, Tomohiro Utsumi, Masahiro Takeshima, Yu Fujiwara, Marie Matsui, Yumi Aoki, Hiroyuki Toda, Norio Watanabe, Koichiro Watanabe and Yoshikazu Takaesu

Content type: Review 21 October 2022

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Bipolar disorders in DSM-5: strengths, problems and perspectives

Authors: Jules Angst

Content type: Short communication 23 August 2013
The role of childhood trauma in bipolar disorders

Authors: Monica Aas, Chantal Henry, Ole A. Andreassen, Frank Bellivier, Ingrid Melle and Bruno Etain

Content type: Review 13 January 2016
New vision on the mental problems of Vincent van Gogh; results from a bottom-up approach using (semi-)structured diagnostic interviews

Authors: Willem A. Nolen, Erwin van Meekeren, Piet Voskuil and Willem van Tilburg

Content type: Case Report 2 November 2020

The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2022 10:27
Antidepressants in bipolar depression: an enduring controversy

Authors: Michael J. Gitlin

Content type: Review 1 December 2018
Bipolar depression: a major unsolved challenge

Authors: Ross J. Baldessarini, Gustavo H. Vázquez and Leonardo Tondo

Content type: Review 6 January 2020

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Announcing the launch of In Review

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:

Share their work with fellow researchers to read, comment on, and cite even before publication
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Track their manuscript - including seeing when reviewers are invited, and when reports are received

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Thematic Series: Controversies in Bipolar Disorders

This collection of articles aims to present areas of controversy and uncertainty in bipolar disorder seeking to identify reasons for some of the dilemmas and future solutions to it. Read the series here.
Further submissions of review articles on the topic are encouraged, please submit here.

Aims and scope

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders is a peer-reviewed, open access online journal publishing contributions from the broad range of clinical, psychological and biological research in bipolar disorders. It collaborates with the International Group for the study of Lithium Treated Patients (IGSLi) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bipolare Störungen (DGBS), and serves as the official journal of these organisations. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders invites clinicians and researchers from around the globe to submit original research articles, short research communications, reviews, guidelines, case reports, study protocols and letters to the editor that help to enhance understanding of bipolar disorders. The journal makes all articles freely available to researchers worldwide, ensuring maximum dissemination of content. Content is published online continuously to provide timely communication to the community and keep publication times to a minimum.

Society affiliation

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders is affiliated with IGSLI (International Group for The Study of Lithium Treated Patients)