Post by healthy11 on May 6, 2015 21:05:49 GMT -5
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Among other things, the article says, "As psychiatrists, we have a big problem: We cannot distinguish unipolar depression from bipolar depression," said Dr. Eric Ruhe, a psychiatrist at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. This inability to tell which disorder a patient has is a problem because antidepressant medication usually isn't effective for treating people with bipolar disorder, he said. Such medicines can even increase such a patient's risk of having a manic episode, he said. During manic episodes, a person with bipolar disorder may become agitated, euphoric and sometimes psychotic. [Top 10 Stigmatized Health Disorders]
The new findings could lead to a better way of diagnosing and treating patients with these disorders, according to the study, published today (May 6, 2015) in the journal JAMA Psychiatry."
Among other things, the article says, "As psychiatrists, we have a big problem: We cannot distinguish unipolar depression from bipolar depression," said Dr. Eric Ruhe, a psychiatrist at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. This inability to tell which disorder a patient has is a problem because antidepressant medication usually isn't effective for treating people with bipolar disorder, he said. Such medicines can even increase such a patient's risk of having a manic episode, he said. During manic episodes, a person with bipolar disorder may become agitated, euphoric and sometimes psychotic. [Top 10 Stigmatized Health Disorders]
The new findings could lead to a better way of diagnosing and treating patients with these disorders, according to the study, published today (May 6, 2015) in the journal JAMA Psychiatry."