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Jean-Michel Azorin
Researcher at Aix-Marseille University
Publications - 271
Citations - 8782
Jean-Michel Azorin is an academic researcher from Aix-Marseille University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bipolar disorder & Mania. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 268 publications receiving 7934 citations. Previous affiliations of Jean-Michel Azorin include Mediterranean University & Centre national de la recherche scientifique.
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The International Society for bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders
Isabella Pacchiarotti,David J. Bond,Ross J. Baldessarini,Willem A. Nolen,Heinz Grunze,Rasmus Wentzer Licht,Robert M. Post,Michael Berk,Guy M. Goodwin,Gary S. Sachs,Leonardo Tondo,Robert L. Findling,Eric A. Youngstrom,Mauricio Tohen,Juan Undurraga,Ana González-Pinto,Joseph F. Goldberg,Aysegul Yildiz,Lori L. Altshuler,Joseph R. Calabrese,Philip B. Mitchell,Michael E. Thase,Athanasios Koukopoulos,Francesc Colom,Mark A. Frye,Gin S Malhi,Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis,Gustavo H. Vázquez,Roy H. Perlis,Terence A. Ketter,Frederick Cassidy,Hagop S. Akiskal,Jean-Michel Azorin,Marc Valentí,Diego Hidalgo Mazzei,Beny Lafer,Tadafumi Kato,Lorenzo Mazzarini,Anabel Martínez-Arán,Gordon Parker,Daniel Souery,Ayşegül Özerdem,Susan L. McElroy,Paolo Girardi,Michael Bauer,Lakshmi N. Yatham,Carlos A. Zarate,Andrew A. Nierenberg,Boris Birmaher,Shigenobu Kanba,Rif S. El-Mallakh,Alessandro Serretti,Zoltán Rihmer,Allan H. Young,Georgios D. Kotzalidis,Glenda MacQueen,Charles L. Bowden,S. Nassir Ghaemi,Carlos López-Jaramillo,Janusz K. Rybakowski,Kyooseob Ha,Giulio Perugi,Siegfried Kasper,Jay D. Amsterdam,Robert M. A. Hirschfeld,Flávio Kapczinski,Eduard Vieta +66 more
TL;DR: A consensus was reached on 12 statements on the use of antidepressants in bipolar disorder, and antidepressants should be prescribed only as an adjunct to mood-stabilizing medications.
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Systematic clinical methodology for validating bipolar-II disorder : data in mid-stream from a French national multi-site study (EPIDEP)
Elie Hantouche,Hagop S. Akiskal,Sylvie Lancrenon,Jean-François Allilaire,Daniel Sechter,Jean-Michel Azorin,Marc Bourgeois,Jean-Philippe Fraud,L. Châtenet-Duchêne +8 more
TL;DR: Key characteristics significantly differentiated BP-II from unipolar: younger age at onset of first depression, higher frequency of suicidal thoughts and hypersomnia during index episode, higher scores on Hypomania Checklist and cyclothymic and irritable temperaments, and higher switching rate under current treatment.
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Undiagnosed Bipolar Disorders in Patients With a Major Depressive Episode: The BRIDGE Study
Jules Angst,Jean-Michel Azorin,Charles L. Bowden,Giulio Perugi,Eduard Vieta,Alex Gamma,Allan H. Young +6 more
TL;DR: Family history, illness course, and clinical status, in addition to DSM-IV-TR criteria, may provide useful information for physicians when assessing evidence of bipolarity in patients with major depressive episodes, and is recommended before deciding on treatment.
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Rates and correlates of employment in people with schizophrenia in the UK, France and Germany
Steven Marwaha,Sonia Johnson,Paul Bebbington,Mai Stafford,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Traolach S. Brugha,Jean-Michel Azorin,Reinhold Kilian,K. Hansen,Mondher Toumi +9 more
TL;DR: There were large variations between centres in employment rates, which were highest in the three German study sites, and local social contexts may be as important as individual or illness-related factors in explaining employment status.
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Gender, temperament, and the clinical picture in dysphoric mixed mania: findings from a French national study (EPIMAN)
Hagop S. Akiskal,Elie Hantouche,Marc Bourgeois,Jean-Michel Azorin,Daniel Sechter,Jean-François Allilaire,Sylvie Lancrenon,Jean-Philippe Fraud,L. Châtenet-Duchêne +8 more
TL;DR: Mixed mania, defined cross-sectionally by the simultaneous presence of at least two depressive symptoms, represents a prevalent and clinically distinct form of mania and suggests that reversal from a temperament to an episode of "opposite" polarity represents a fundamental aspect of the dysregulation that characterizes bipolar disorder.