Current Psychiatry Reviews - Volume 11, Issue 4, 2015

The misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder is widely prevalent as evidenced by patient surveys, administrative claims data and studies measuring clinicians’ diagnostic accuracy. The consequences of a missed or incorrect bipolar disorder diagnosis can have serious short and long-term repercussions for a patient. In this review, a systematic analysis was conducted of over-diagnosis and under-diagnosis rates calculated fr Read More

Sleep disturbance is of considerable interest to researchers in bipolar disorders (BD) and clinicians are increasingly aware of the impact of sleep disruptions on the course of BD (prediction of relapse) and treatment selection (sleep problems are frequently medication-refractory). The aim of this paper is to synthesize the data on the nature and prevalence of sleep problems in euthymia as observed by clinicians and reported Read More

Literature review on bleeding complications in the course of treatment with antidepressants is presented. We have focused on elderly patients since they are in the high-risk group. Incidence of bleeding complications, causal relation with antidepressants, possible risk factors and methods of prevention are discussed. Presented data indicate that treatment with antidepressants of serotonergic mechanism of action is associate Read More

Background: Specific phobias are common across the lifespan. Although exposure-based therapies have the most evidence of efficacy, reviews have cautioned that evaluations of some interventions are limited in number and have pointed to the need for more research. Furthermore, several permitted the inclusion of non-randomized clinical trials or samples exhibiting elevated fear but not necessarily a full diagnosis. Read More

Perception of facial features is crucial in social life. In the past decades, extensive research showed that the ability to perceive facial emotion expression was compromised in schizophrenia patients. Given that face perception involves visual/cognitive and affective processing, the roles of these two processing domains in the compromised face perception in schizophrenia were studied and discussed, but not clearly defined. Read More

Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is a commonly encountered clinical problem in Persons Living with Mental Illnesses (PLMI). Persons Living with Mental Illnesses have a preponderance to develop MS due to many factors. Various psychiatric disorders like Schizophrenia, Bipolar Affective Disorders, Unipolar Depression (Severe Mental Illnesses) are found to be associated with occurrence of MS, irrespective of treatment status. Metab Read More

In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of neurocognitive mechanisms in depression and their fundamental theories. We first introduce follow-up studies and biomarkers of cognitive impairment in depression, and then we review important findings in depression research across major psychological function domains, including memory and executive function. We focus on research regarding the neurobiolo Read More

The article reviewed recent studies on life style and pharmacological treatments of obesity in patients with psychiatric disorders, by examining metaanalysis studies and studies that were not included in the meta-analyses. Dietary and behavioral treatments appear to be modestly effective. As for pharmacological treatments, evidence is strongest for augmentation treatment with metformin and topiramate. Switching of anti Read More