Exploring real-world prescribing patterns for maintenance treatment in bipolar disorders: a focus on antidepressants and benzodiazepines.

Objective: Bipolar disorders (BD) are characterized by highly recurrent nature, necessitating adequate maintenance treatment for long-term disorder control. This study aimed to investigate real-world prescribing patterns among outpatients with BD, focusing on the utilisation of antidepressants (AD) and benzodiazepines (BDZ).

Methods: We analysed prescription patterns of the five main groups of psychotropic medications (antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, AD, BDZ, and anticholinergic medications) and their relationships with basic socio-demographic and clinical data in a sample of 107 clinically stable BD outpatients (75.

Theory of Mind in Typical Adults: Sex-Differences and Its Associations with Anxiety and Depression Symptoms.

Objective: Despite an increased interest in research of theory of mind (ToM) in recent years - both related to psychopathology (depression and anxiety spectrum disorders) and within the typical adults, the existing literature is scarce and presents some conflicting results. Present study aimed to explore sex differences in ToM, alongside its associations with current anxiety and depression symptoms, in a large sample of typical adults collected online.

Method: Participants completed the 15-minutes survey obtaining socio-demographic data, current self-reported depression and anxiety symptom severity, and ToM ability (the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task).