In the manic phase of bipolar disorder, patients may engage in risky activities, such as fast driving or certain risky sports. They should be monitored and prevented from taking chances, ...

Most psychiatrists easily recognize the euphoric manic patient. However, several recent studies have established that nearly 50% of all manic patients have dysphoric or mixed mania at some time ...

Treatment of Mania in the Elderly. Lithium is the mainstay in treatment of manic symptoms in younger bipolar patients. It has a number of advantages, including easily measured blood levels with a ...

In 19th-century U.K. and Europe, psychiatric patients suffering from "mania" were put in a large, circulating swing as a method for calming them down.

Patients say prednisone caused manic episodes, nonstop crying, and trips to the psychiatric ER. Samantha Reid, a director of digital engagement at a policy institute in Washington, ...

A total of 96 patients were included, of whom 9 had catatonic schizophrenia, 11 paranoid schizophrenia, 55 manic-depressive psychosis (13 manic and 42 depressive), and 21 involutional melancholia.

The rigorous peer-reviewed study, published in Brain Medicine, examined 75 stable outpatients with SSDs, revealing that more than one in four patients (26.7%) exhibited distinct manic symptoms, a ...

The rigorous peer-reviewed study, published in Brain Medicine, examined 75 stable outpatients with SSDs, revealing that more than one in four patients (26.7%) exhibited distinct manic symptoms, a ...

Bipolar I, according to the DSM-5, is a disorder that can exist both with and without psychotic episodes.Symptoms can fluctuate between manic episodes and, more often, depressive episodes ...

Patients who took 30 milligrams or more of dextroamphetamine − or 40 milligrams of Adderall − developed psychosis and mania nearly 5.3 times more often than those who did not take the ...

Findings showed patients treated with iloperidone had significantly larger improvements vs placebo based on the change from baseline in the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) total score at week 4 ...