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BIPOLAR DISORDER
Bipolar disorder is a common mood disorder. There is pathology
Definition
A. PPDGJ III :
B. DSM IV TR :
Mood disorder consist of at least one manic, hypomanic or
mixed episode with history of one or more major depressive
episodes.
Classification
Bipolar I disorder :
Cyclothymic disorder :
Epidemiology :
Bipolar I prevalence : 0,4% - 1,6%
Bipolar II prevalance : 0,5%
Men and women have the same prevalence
First episode usually between 15-24 years
In men the first symptom reported is usually mania, and women
Etiology
Still not clear
Interaction between biologic, genetic, and psychososial factor .
a. Biologic factor :
interaction between neurotranmitter systems, involving NE,
dopamine & serotonine.
b. Genetic factor :
- Adoption child & twins research
- First degree relatives with bipolar I disorder : 8- 18x > experience
bipolar I compare to control group.
- 50% patients with bipolar I disorder have at least one of their
parents with mood disorder.
- If one of the parents with bipolar I disorder
25% of the children experience mood disorder
c. Psychosocial factor :
- Life events .
Many reports inform that first episode of Bipolar I Disorder
usually related to stressfull events.
- Family pathology influence remission,recurrence and adaptation
function.
Clinical Features
Manic
- Increase of mood : expansive or irritable.
- Inflated of self esteem or grandiosity.
- Decrease need for sleep.
- More talkactive than usual
- Flight of ideas
- Distractibility
- Increase in goaldirected activities ( social, occupational, sexual )
- Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities.
- With psychotic symptoms like delusion and halucination ( mood
congruent or mood incongruent )
Ghaemy :
Mania : increase of mood : euforia or irritable ( at least one week )
+ 7 cardinal symptoms (DIGFAST) :
D : Distractibility
I : Insomnia
G : Grandiosity
F : Flight of ideas
A : Activities
S : Speech
T : Thoughtlessness
Euforia + 3 CS ; Irritable + 4 CS
Depression
- Mood depression almost all day, almost every day.
Ghaemy :
MULTIDIMENSION OF BIPOLAR
DISORDER
Mania
Subsyndromal
mania
(hypomania)
Subsyndrom
al
Depression
Recurrence
(mania)
Remissio
n
Depressi
on
Hypomanic :
Prognosis
Prognosis of Bipolar I disorder is worse than Major Depression
Around 40-50% persons get the second episodes after 2 years.
Bad prognosis :
suicide
Suicide risk mostly happen during depression, followed by
mixed episode, psychotic state and mania
Recurrence rate of bipolar high enough
It cause significant economic burden
Treatment
Consider :
Patients safety
Proper diagnostic evaluation
Therapy procedure not only in acute phase but long term.
1. Hospitalization :
2. Pharmacotherapy :
- Mood stabilizers ( eg : lithium, carbamazepine, valproate )
- Atypical antipsychotics.
3. Psychotherapy :
- In order to support patients to overcome or adaptation to their
life problems, which the problems can become a precipitating
factor of relapse/recurrence.
- Cognitive behaviour therapy can be choosen.