[Bipolar disorder and alcohol use disorder: practical recommendations for treatment, based on a literature review].

A fairly large proportion (25-50%) of patients with bipolar disorder (bd) also suffer from comorbid alcohol use disorder (aud). However, little is known how this type of morbidity should be treated. It is also unclear whether the current guidelines on bd have been influenced by aud.

Does the number of previous mood episodes moderate the relationship between alcohol use, smoking and mood in bipolar outpatients?

Background: Evidence suggests that alcohol use and smoking are negatively associated with mood in bipolar disorders (BD). It is unknown if this relationship is moderated by the number of previous mood episodes. Therefore, this paper aims to examine whether the number of previous mood episodes moderates the relationship between alcohol use and smoking, and mood.

Data quality indicators for daily life chart methodology: prospective self-ratings of bipolar disorder and alcohol use.

Background: Self-rating instruments which require a large number of repeated assessments over time are increasingly popular in psychiatry. They are well suited to describing variations in mental states, especially in order to investigate effects of behaviour and events on functioning and mood. For bipolar disorder, the self-rating instrument 'NIMH daily life chart' was developed to assess the course of the illness.

Effect of alcohol use on the course of bipolar disorder: one-year follow-up study using the daily prospective Life Chart method.

Objectives: Relatively little is known about the temporal relationship between alcohol use and subsequent mood changes in patients with bipolar disorder, and the available findings are inconsistent. The present study was a fine-grained analysis of the temporal relationship between alcohol use and short-term mood-switching probabilities.

Methods: The study included 137 patients with bipolar disorder who performed daily self-ratings of their mood symptoms and the number of alcohol units consumed for a period of up to 52 weeks by using the National Institute of Mental Health self-rated prospective Life Chart Method.

Screening for bipolar disorders in patients with alcohol or substance use disorders: performance of the mood disorder questionnaire.

Background: Screening properties of the mood disorder questionnaire (MDQ) to detect bipolar disorder (BD) in patients with substance use disorders are unknown.

Methods: 403 treatment seeking patients with a substance use disorder completed the MDQ and subsequently 111 MDQ positives and 59 MDQ negatives were assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV to diagnose BD. In addition, given the overlap with BD symptoms, the presence of borderline personality disorder (BPD), antisocial personality disorder (APD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), were assessed using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule and the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality.