Abstract
Bipolar affective disorder (BD) is a severe, recurrent and disabling disorder with devastating consequences for individuals, families and society. Although these hazards and costs provide a compelling rationale for development of early detection and early intervention strategies in BD, the development of at-risk criteria for first episode mania is still in an early stage of development. In this paper we review the literature with respect to the clinical, neuroantomical and neuropsychological data, which support this goal. We also describe our recently developed bipolar at-risk criteria (BAR). This criteria comprises the peak age range of the first onset of bipolar disorder, genetic risk, presenting with sub-threshold mania, cyclothymic features or depressive symptoms. An initial pilot evaluation of the BAR criteria in 22 subjects indicated conversion rates to proxies of first-episode mania of 23% within 265 days on average, and high specificity and sensitivity of the criteria. If prospective studies confirm the validity of the BAR criteria, then the criteria would have the potential to open up new avenues of research for indicated prevention in BD and might therefore offer opportunities to ameliorate the severity of, or even prevent BD.
Keywords: Bipolar disorder, at-risk criteria, prodrome, conversion, prediction, mania, depression, neuroprogression, psychosis, hallucinations
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title: Rationale and First Results of Developing At-Risk (Prodromal) Criteria for Bipolar Disorder
Volume: 18 Issue: 4
Author(s): A. Bechdolf, A. Ratheesh, S. J. Wood, T. Tecic, P. Conus, B. Nelson, S. M. Cotton, A. M. Chanen, G. P. Amminger, S. Ruhrmann, F. Schultze-Lutter, J. Klosterkotter, P. Fusar Poli, A. R. Yung, M. Berk and P. D. McGorry
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Keywords: Bipolar disorder, at-risk criteria, prodrome, conversion, prediction, mania, depression, neuroprogression, psychosis, hallucinations
Abstract: Bipolar affective disorder (BD) is a severe, recurrent and disabling disorder with devastating consequences for individuals, families and society. Although these hazards and costs provide a compelling rationale for development of early detection and early intervention strategies in BD, the development of at-risk criteria for first episode mania is still in an early stage of development. In this paper we review the literature with respect to the clinical, neuroantomical and neuropsychological data, which support this goal. We also describe our recently developed bipolar at-risk criteria (BAR). This criteria comprises the peak age range of the first onset of bipolar disorder, genetic risk, presenting with sub-threshold mania, cyclothymic features or depressive symptoms. An initial pilot evaluation of the BAR criteria in 22 subjects indicated conversion rates to proxies of first-episode mania of 23% within 265 days on average, and high specificity and sensitivity of the criteria. If prospective studies confirm the validity of the BAR criteria, then the criteria would have the potential to open up new avenues of research for indicated prevention in BD and might therefore offer opportunities to ameliorate the severity of, or even prevent BD.
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Bechdolf A., Ratheesh A., J. Wood S., Tecic T., Conus P., Nelson B., M. Cotton S., M. Chanen A., P. Amminger G., Ruhrmann S., Schultze-Lutter F., Klosterkotter J., Fusar Poli P., R. Yung A., Berk M. and D. McGorry P., Rationale and First Results of Developing At-Risk (Prodromal) Criteria for Bipolar Disorder, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2012; 18 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161212799316226
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161212799316226 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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