Bipolar disorder and comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder is associated with higher rates of anxiety and impulse control disorders.

Unlabelled: Issler CK, Monkul ES, Amaral JAMS, Tamada RS, Shavitt RG, Miguel EC, Lafer B. Bipolar disorder and comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder is associated with higher rates of anxiety and impulse control disorders.

Objective: Although bipolar disorder (BD) with comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is highly prevalent, few controlled studies have assessed this comorbidity.

Obesity and metabolic syndrome in Brazilian patients with bipolar disorder.

Objective: We aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome (O/MetS) in a sample of Brazilian outpatients with bipolar disorder.

Methods: Eighty-four patients with bipolar disorder were evaluated. We used the definition of MetS established in the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults, modified by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Social dysfunction in bipolar disorder: pilot study.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to assess the social skills of euthymic patients with bipolar disorder.

Methods: A group of 25 outpatients with bipolar disorder type I were evaluated in comparison with a group of 31 healthy volunteers who were matched in terms of level of education, age, sex and intelligence. Both groups were assessed using a self-report questionnaire, the Brazilian Inventario de Habilidades Sociais (IHS, Social Skills Inventory).

Antidepressant treatment-emergent affective switch in bipolar disorder: a prospective case-control study of outcome.

Objective: Treatment-emergent affective switch has been associated to cycle acceleration and poorer outcome, but there are few studies addressing this issue. The aim of this study was to prospectively compare the outcome of patients presenting treatment-emergent affective switch with patients with spontaneous mania, regarding presence and polarity of a new episode and time to relapse.

Method: Twenty-four patients with bipolar disorder according to the DSM-IV were followed for 12 months.

Clinical expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder in women with bipolar disorder.

Objective: To study clinical and psychopathological features of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in women with bipolar disorder (BD).

Methods: Fifteen outpatients with concurrent bipolar disorder I (80.0%) or II (20.

[Anxiety disorders comorbidity in bipolar disorder].

High comorbidity between bipolar and anxiety disorders is frequently described in epidemiological and clinical studies. This association has important implications for diagnoses, clinical outcome, therapeutic intervention and prognoses of bipolar disorder that are presented in this review.