The Deception of Mood Symptom.

To consider mood as pivotal symptom in Affective Disorders, could be source of frequent diagnostic and therapeutic mistakes. The mood is in fact a variable and unspecific symptom. Mood symptom is deceptive mainly in severe Mania and in Mixed State.

Cutaneous adverse reaction during lithium treatment: a case report and updated systematic review with meta-analysis.

Objectives: To present a new case of adverse cutaneous reaction during lithium treatment and to update the systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence of this adverse reaction.

Methods: We conducted a systematic search (performed in September 2016) for peer-reviewed articles in English indexed in Medline (2011-present). Meta-analytical estimates were obtained using the "Metafor" package.

Clinical and biological predictors of response to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): a review.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), developed in the 30's by Bini and Cerletti, remains a key element of the therapeutic armamentarium in psychiatry, particularly for severe and life-threatening psychiatric symptoms. However, despite its well-established clinical efficacy, the prescription of ECT has declined constantly over the years due to concerns over its safety (cognitive side effects) and an increasingly negative public perception. As for other treatments in the field of psychiatry, ECT is well suited to a personalized approach that would increment its efficacy, as well as reducing the impact of side effects.

What happens to the course of bipolar disorder after electroconvulsive therapy?

Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) encompasses manic and depressive episodes and an illness-free interval. Treatments used in BD patients may influence the ill phases with different actions on the illness-free interval.

Methods: We performed a naturalistic mirror-image retrospective study analyzing the number of episodes and admissions in 41 BD patients for the same period of time of 5 years before and after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

Efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in the first trimester of pregnancy: a case of severe manic catatonia.

Objectives: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an appropriate, albeit often neglected, option for managing severe or life-threatening psychiatric symptoms during pregnancy. We report on the rapid effectiveness and safety of ECT during the first trimester of pregnancy in a 28-year-old woman with severe catatonia.

Methods: Catatonic symptoms were assessed using the Catatonia Rating Scale (CRS).