Real-world clinical predictors of manic/hypomanic episodes among outpatients with bipolar disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness in which manic and depressive states are repeated, causing psychosocial dysfunction. Manic/hypomanic episodes cause problems with interpersonal, social and financial activities, but there is limited evidence regarding the predictors of manic/hypomanic episodes in real-world clinical practice.

Methods

The multicenter treatment survey on bipolar disorder (MUSUBI) in Japanese psychiatric clinics was administered in an observational study that was conducted to accumulate evidence regarding bipolar disorder in real-world clinical practice. Psychiatrists were asked to complete a questionnaire about patients with bipolar disorder who visited 176 member clinics of the Japanese Association of Neuro-Psychiatric Clinics by conducting a re

SUBMITTER: Tokumitsu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8719757 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature