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Epidemiology of suicide in bipolar disorders: a systematic review of the literature.
Maurizio Pompili,Xenia Gonda,Gianluca Serafini,Marco Innamorati,Leo Sher,Mario Amore,Zoltan Rihmer,Paolo Girardi +7 more
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The aim of the present paper is to provide a systematic review of the existing literature on the epidemiology of completed suicides in adult patients with bipolar disorder (BD).Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: Suicidal behavior is a major public health problem worldwide, and its prediction and prevention represent a challenge for everyone, including clinicians. The aim of the present paper is to provide a systematic review of the existing literature on the epidemiology of completed suicides in adult patients with bipolar disorder (BD). METHODS: We performed a Pubmed/Medline, Scopus, PsycLit, PsycInfo, and Cochrane database search to identify all relevant papers published between 1980 and 2011. A total of 34 articles meeting our inclusion criteria were included in the present review. RESULTS: Several prospective follow-up contributions, many retrospective analyses, and a few psychological autopsy studies and review articles investigated the epidemiology of completed suicides in patients with BD. The main finding of the present review was that the risk for suicide among BD patients was up to 20-30 times greater than that for the general population. CONCLUSION: Special attention should be given to the characteristics of suicides in patients with BD. Better insight and understanding of suicide and suicidal risk in this very disabling illness should ultimately help clinicians to adequately detect, and thus prevent, suicidal acts in patients with BD. Language: enread more
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Gender differences in suicide among patients with bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Fei-Hong Hu,Yijie Jia,Danyan Zhao,Xue-Lei Fu,Wan Zhang,W. Tang,Shixiang Hu,Hua Wu,Mengya Ge,Wei Du,Wang-Qin Shen,Honglin Chen +11 more
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Differences in Men and Women with Bipolar-I Diagnosed Patients
Tonguç Demir Berkol,Hasan Mervan Aytac,Serkan Islam,Huseyin Yumrukcal,Güliz Özgen,İlker Özyıldırım +5 more
TL;DR: The results of the present study show that some gender differences may be evident in patients with BD-I, and investigators studying bipolar disorder may need to consider gender as a variable for assessment and treatment strategies.
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depression: A three-arm parallel-group dose-response randomized pilot trial.
TL;DR: In this article, the optimal number of pulses per session of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), using the H-coil, in major depressive disorder (MDD) has not previously been reported.
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