Journal article
Bipolar disorder
I Grande, M Berk, B Birmaher, E Vieta
Lancet | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2016
Abstract
Bipolar disorder is a recurrent chronic disorder characterised by fluctuations in mood state and energy. It affects more than 1% of the world's population irrespective of nationality, ethnic origin, or socioeconomic status. Bipolar disorder is one of the main causes of disability among young people, leading to cognitive and functional impairment and raised mortality, particularly death by suicide. A high prevalence of psychiatric and medical comorbidities is typical in affected individuals. Accurate diagnosis of bipolar disorder is difficult in clinical practice because onset is most commonly a depressive episode and looks similar to unipolar depression. Moreover, there are currently no vali..
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Funding Acknowledgements
IG has received a research grant from Rio Hortega Contracts (CM12/00062) and Juan Rodes Contracts (JR15/00012; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competiveness, Barcelona, Spain). MB is supported by an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship (1059660). EV thanks the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competiveness, CIBERSAM (PI12/00912), Grups Consolidats de Recerca 2014 (SGR 398), Seventh European Framework Programme (ENBREC), and the Stanley Medical Research Institute for their support.