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  1. In the original version of this article (Wu et al. 2017), published on 1 September 2017, the name of author ‘Bo Cao’ was wrongly displayed. In this Erratum the incorrect name and correct name are shown. The origi...

    Authors: Mon-Ju Wu, Benson Mwangi, Ives Cavalcante Passos, Isabelle E. Bauer, Bo Cao, Thomas W. Frazier, Giovana B. Zunta-Soares and Jair C. Soares
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:33
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:32

  2. Childhood maltreatment (abuse and neglect) can have long-term deleterious consequences, including increased risk for medical and psychiatric illnesses, such as bipolar disorder in adulthood. Emerging evidence ...

    Authors: Georgina M. Hosang, Helen L. Fisher, Rudolf Uher, Sarah Cohen-Woods, Barbara Maughan, Peter McGuffin and Anne E. Farmer
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:30
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  3. Bipolar disorder (BD) is a common disorder with high reoccurrence rate in general population. It is critical to have objective biomarkers to identify BD patients at an individual level. Neurocognitive signatur...

    Authors: Mon-Ju Wu, Benson Mwangi, Ives Cavalcante Passos, Isabelle E. Bauer, Bo Cao, Thomas W. Frazier, Giovana B. Zunta-Soares and Jair C. Soares
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:32
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:33

  4. Admixture analysis of age at onset (AAO) has helped delineating the clinical profile of early onset (EO) bipolar disorder (BD). However, there is scarce evidence comparing the distributional properties of AAO ...

    Authors: Mirko Manchia, Giuseppe Maina, Bernardo Carpiniello, Federica Pinna, Luca Steardo, Virginia D’Ambrosio, Virginio Salvi, Martin Alda, Alfonso Tortorella and Umberto Albert
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:28
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  5. Although eating disorders (EDs) are common in bipolar disorder (BD), little is known regarding their longitudinal consequences. We assessed prevalence, clinical correlates, and longitudinal depressive severity...

    Authors: Danielle R. Balzafiore, Natalie L. Rasgon, Laura D. Yuen, Saloni Shah, Hyun Kim, Kathryn C. Goffin, Shefali Miller, Po W. Wang and Terence A. Ketter
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:25
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  6. While e-health initiatives are poised to revolutionize delivery and access to mental health care, conducting clinical research online involves specific contextual and ethical considerations. Face-to-face psych...

    Authors: Victoria Cosgrove, Emma Gliddon, Lesley Berk, David Grimm, Sue Lauder, Seetal Dodd, Michael Berk and Trisha Suppes
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:26
    Content type: Review Published on:

  7. Concerns about potential adverse effects of long-term exposure to lithium as a mood-stabilizing treatment notably include altered renal function. However, the incidence of severe renal dysfunction; rate of dec...

    Authors: Leonardo Tondo, Maria Abramowicz, Martin Alda, Michael Bauer, Alberto Bocchetta, Lorenza Bolzani, Cynthia V. Calkin, Caterina Chillotti, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Mirko Manchia, Bruno Müller-Oerlinghausen, Andrea Murru, Giulio Perugi, Marco Pinna, Giuseppe Quaranta, Daniela Reginaldi…
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:27
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  8. The efficacy and utility of long-term prophylactic treatment in patients with bipolar disorders (BDs) have not been fully explored. This study aims to estimate the long-term clinical response of patients with ...

    Authors: Sung Woo Ahn, Ji Hyun Baek, So-Yung Yang, Yongkang Kim, Youngah Cho, Yujin Choi, Kounseok Lee, Taesung Park and Kyung Sue Hong
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:24
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  9. To present a new case of adverse cutaneous reaction during lithium treatment and to update the systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence of this adverse reaction.

    Authors: Martina Pinna, Mirko Manchia, Sergio Puddu, Giampaolo Minnai, Leonardo Tondo and Piergiorgio Salis
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:20
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  10. Epidemiological, clinical, and high-risk studies have provided evidence that the peak period for onset of diagnosable episodes of mania and hypomania starts in mid-to-late adolescence. Moreover, clinically sig...

    Authors: A. Duffy, S. Patten, S. Goodday, A. Weir, N. Heffer and A. Cipriani
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:22
    Content type: Short communication Published on:

  12. The objective of this study was to identify molecular alterations in the human blood serum related to bipolar disorder, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and chemometrics.

    Authors: Sumit Sethi, Mariana Pedrini, Lucas B. Rizzo, Maiara Zeni-Graiff, Caroline Dal Mas, Ana Cláudia Cassinelli, Mariane N. Noto, Elson Asevedo, Quirino Cordeiro, João G. M. Pontes, Antonio J. M. Brasil, Acioly Lacerda, Mirian A. F. Hayashi, Ronei Poppi, Ljubica Tasic and Elisa Brietzke
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:23
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  13. Recent observational studies have focused on lithium treatment in the elderly, with particular reference to safety in terms of thyroid and renal functions. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical...

    Authors: Alberto Bocchetta, Francesca Cabras, Martina Pinna, Antonio Poddighe, Claudia Sardu, Raffaella Ardau, Caterina Chillotti and Maria Del Zompo
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:19
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  15. This letter is written in response to a review recently published in the journal. The aim is to highlight a potential methodological limitation common to many studies comparing bipolar patients with few previo...

    Authors: Diego J. Martino, Cecilia Samamé and Sergio A. Strejilevich
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:14
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  17. Individuals with bipolar disorder present with moderate impairments in social cognition during the euthymic state. The impairment extends to theory of mind and to the perception of emotion in faces and voices,...

    Authors: Anja Vaskinn, Trine Vik Lagerberg, Thomas D. Bjella, Carmen Simonsen, Ole A. Andreassen, Torill Ueland and Kjetil Sundet
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:13
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  18. Bipolar disorder (BD) patients exhibit cognitive impairments during euthymic states. Studies suggest that manic episodes may be correlated to cognitive impairments. The present study investigated the relations...

    Authors: Gabriel Okawa Belizario, Alexandre Duarte Gigante, Cristiana Castanho de Almeida Rocca and Beny Lafer
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:15
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  19. Depressive disorders are a leading cause of the global burden of disease and are associated with high recurrent often continuing morbidity and high excess mortality by suicide and cardiovascular disease. Whils...

    Authors: Mohammed T. Abou-Saleh, Bruno Müller-Oerlinghausen and Alec J. Coppen
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:11
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  21. Many bipolar patients (BP) are affected by cognitive impairments and reduced psychosocial function even after complete remission. In the present naturalistic study, we developed a tailored cognitive remediatio...

    Authors: J. Veeh, J. Kopf, S. Kittel-Schneider, J. Deckert and A. Reif
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:8
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  22. In the last decade, an increasing number of publications have examined the precursors of bipolar disorders (BD) and attempted to clarify the early origins and illness trajectory. This is a complex task as the...

    Authors: Pierre Alexis Geoffroy and Jan Scott
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:7
    Content type: short communication Published on:

  23. Authors: Jörn Conell, Rita Bauer, Tasha Glenn, Martin Alda, Raffaella Ardau, Bernhard T. Baune, Michael Berk, Yuly Bersudsky, Amy Bilderbeck, Alberto Bocchetta, Letizia Bossini, Angela Marianne Paredes Castro, Eric Yat Wo Cheung, Caterina Chillotti, Sabine Choppin, Maria Del Zompo…
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:18
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:17

  24. This study explores the association of demographic and clinical features with quality of life and functioning in individuals with bipolar disorder.

    Authors: Louisa G. Sylvia, Rebecca E. Montana, Thilo Deckersbach, Michael E. Thase, Maurcio Tohen, Noreen Reilly-Harrington, Melvin G. McInnis, James H. Kocsis, Charles Bowden, Joseph Calabrese, Keming Gao, Terence Ketter, Richard C. Shelton, Susan L. McElroy, Edward S. Friedman, Dustin J. Rabideau…
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:10
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  25. Even though United Nation announced that all persons with a mental illness shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human being, up to now, the use of coercion (physical restr...

    Authors: Habte Belete
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:17
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  26. Bipolar disorder is a chronic illness with a 2-year recurrence rate of approximately 50% among individuals receiving treatment in the community. The aim of this 18-month, open-label, continuation study was to ...

    Authors: Andrei Pikalov, Joyce Tsai, Yongcai Mao, Robert Silva, Josephine Cucchiaro and Antony Loebel
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:9
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  27. Until recently, actigraphy studies in bipolar disorders focused on sleep rather than daytime activity in mania or depression, and have failed to analyse mixed episodes separately. Furthermore, even those studi...

    Authors: Jan Scott, Arne E. Vaaler, Ole Bernt Fasmer, Gunnar Morken and Karoline Krane-Gartiser
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:5
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  28. Despite the use of maintenance medication, recurrence rates in bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) are high. To date, there are no clinical trials that have investigated the use of psychological interventions i...

    Authors: Muhammad Ishrat Husain, Imran B. Chaudhry, Raza R. Rahman, Munir M. Hamirani, Nasir Mehmood, Peter M. Haddad, John Hodsoll, Allan H. Young, Farooq Naeem and Nusrat Husain
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:3
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  29. The digital revolution in medicine not only offers exciting new directions for the treatment of mental illness, but also presents challenges to patient privacy and security. Changes in medicine are part of the...

    Authors: Michael Bauer, Tasha Glenn, Scott Monteith, Rita Bauer, Peter C. Whybrow and John Geddes
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:6
    Content type: Review Published on:

  30. In the last two decades, there has been a significant increase in the diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder (BD) in children. The notion of prepubertal onsets of BD is not without controversy, with researchers debatin...

    Authors: Faye Ryles, Thomas D. Meyer, Jaime Adan-Manes, Iain MacMillan and Jan Scott
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:4
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  31. Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic, frequently comorbid condition characterized by high rates of mood episode recurrence and suicidality. Little is known about prospective longitudinal characterization of BD ...

    Authors: Bernardo Dell’Osso, Saloni Shah, Dennis Do, Laura D. Yuen, Farnaz Hooshmand, Po W. Wang, Shefali Miller and Terence A. Ketter
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:2
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  32. Previous studies of our group among bipolar offspring and bipolar twins showed significant higher prevalence’s and levels of antithyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO-Abs) in offspring and co-twins (without a moo...

    Authors: G. Snijders, L. de Witte, E. Mesman, S. Kemner, R. Vonk, R. Brouwer, W. A. Nolen, H. A. Drexhage and M. H. J. Hillegers
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:1
    Content type: Short communication Published on:

  34. Mood stabilizers like lithium and anticonvulsants are used in bipolar and related psychotic disorders. There is a lack of knowledge of the relationship of these medications and cognition in the psychosis spect...

    Authors: Nils Eiel Steen, Monica Aas, Carmen Simonsen, Ingrid Dieset, Martin Tesli, Mari Nerhus, Erlend Gardsjord, Ragni Mørch, Ingrid Agartz, Ingrid Melle, Anja Vaskinn, Olav Spigset and Ole A. Andreassen
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:24
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  36. Bipolar disorder is a severe and heterogeneous mental disorder. Despite great advances in neuroscience over the past decades, the precise causative mechanisms at the transmitter, cellular or network level have...

    Authors: Philipp S. Ritter, Felix Bermpohl, Oliver Gruber, Martin Hautzinger, Andreas Jansen, Georg Juckel, Tilo Kircher, Martin Lambert, Christoph Mulert, Andrea Pfennig, Andreas Reif, Otto Rienhoff, Thomas G. Schulze, Emanuel Severus, Thomas Stamm and Michael Bauer
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:26
    Content type: Review Published on:

  37. “Nothing is more difficult than to ascertain the length of time that a maniacal patient can exist without sleep.”—Dr. Sutherland (Br J Psychiatry 7(37):1–19, 1861). Dr. Sutherland’s patient was suffering from an ...

    Authors: John Torous, Paul Summergrad and S. Nassir Ghaemi
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:25
    Content type: Short communication Published on:

  38. Despite growing consensus on nosology and epidemiology of bipolar disorder (BD) in minors, differences remain. We contribute to this discussion by measuring long-term trends in the inpatient discharge rates of...

    Authors: Pradeep Rao, Julie K. Moore, Richard Stewart, Kevin Runions, Natasha Bear, Janice W. Y. Wong, Martin Holtmann and Florian D. Zepf
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:23
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  39. Bipolar disorder is a chronic illness that impairs functioning and affects the quality of life of patients. The onset of this illness usually occurs at an early age, and the risk of relapse remains high for de...

    Authors: Susana Alberich, Sara Barbeito, Itxaso González-Ortega, Amaia Ugarte, Patricia Vega, Sonia Ruiz de Azúa, Purificación López, Iñaki Zorrilla and Ana González-Pinto
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:22
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  40. Anabaptists comprise large and growing Amish and Mennonite populations with a unique genetic heritage and cultural background. Little is known about the symptoms and course of major mood disorders in Anabaptis...

    Authors: Kelly E. Gill, Stephanie A. Cardenas, Layla Kassem, Thomas G. Schulze and Francis J. McMahon
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:21
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  41. Research on theory of mind (ToM) abilities in patients with bipolar disorder has yielded conflicting results. Meta-analyses point to a stable moderate impairment in remitted patients, but factors such as subsy...

    Authors: Silvia Haag, Paula Haffner, Esther Quinlivan, Martin Brüne and Thomas Stamm
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:20
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  43. This case chronicles the unique presentation of psychotic mixed mania in a female 5 months after parturition and 1 week following breastfeeding discontinuation, highlighting a rarely recognized mania risk fact...

    Authors: Kristen A. Schmidt, Brian A. Palmer and Mark A. Frye
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:18
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  44. Information seeking is an important coping mechanism for dealing with chronic illness. Despite a growing number of mental health websites, there is little understanding of how patients with bipolar disorder us...

    Authors: Jörn Conell, Rita Bauer, Tasha Glenn, Martin Alda, Raffaella Ardau, Bernhard T. Baune, Michael Berk, Yuly Bersudsky, Amy Bilderbeck, Alberto Bocchetta, Letizia Bossini, Angela Marianne Paredes Castro, Eric Yat Wo Cheung, Caterina Chillotti, Sabine Choppin, Maria Del Zompo…
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:17
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2017 5:18

  45. Impulsivity as a tendency to act quickly without considering future consequences has been proposed as a dimensional factor in bipolar disorder. It can be measured using behavioral tasks and self-report questio...

    Authors: Elisa Sophie Strasser, Paula Haffner, Jana Fiebig, Esther Quinlivan, Mazda Adli and Thomas Josef Stamm
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:16
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  46. Current irritability is associated with greater retrospective and current bipolar disorder (BD) illness severity; less is known about prospective longitudinal implications of current irritability. We examined ...

    Authors: Laura D. Yuen, Saloni Shah, Dennis Do, Shefali Miller, Po W. Wang, Farnaz Hooshmand and Terence A. Ketter
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:15
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  47. The association between inflammation and the course of mood disorders is receiving increased attention. This study aims to investigate whether a sub-group of patients with BD can be identified for which a high...

    Authors: Sonya M. Balukova, Bartholomeus C. M. Haarman, Rixt F. Riemersma-van der Lek and Robert A. Schoevers
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:14
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  48. Bipolar disorder refers to a group of chronic psychiatric disorders of mood and energy levels. While dramatic psychiatric symptoms dominate the acute phase of the diseases, the chronic course is often determin...

    Authors: Ellen F. Charles, Christophe G. Lambert and Berit Kerner
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  49. Differences in cortisol secretion may differentiate individuals at high compared to low genetic risk for bipolar disorder (BD) and predict the onset or recurrence of mood episodes. The objectives of this study...

    Authors: Sarah M. Goodday, Julie Horrocks, Charles Keown-Stoneman, Paul Grof and Anne Duffy
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:12
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  50. Genetic vulnerability to environmental stressors is yet to be clarified in bipolar disorder (BD), a complex multisystem disorder in which immune dysfunction and infectious insults seem to play a major role in ...

    Authors: José Oliveira, Rémi Kazma, Edith Le Floch, Meriem Bennabi, Nora Hamdani, Djaouida Bengoufa, Mehdi Dahoun, Céline Manier, Frank Bellivier, Rajagopal Krishnamoorthy, Jean-François Deleuze, Robert Yolken, Marion Leboyer and Ryad Tamouza
    Citation: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 2016 4:11
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