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Bipolar Disorder

  • Processed food sugars could also cause bipolar

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    <a href=Every mother knows that sugar affects the behaviour of her children—but scientists have discovered the sugar in processed food and drink could also be triggering bipolar disorder.

    Fructose corn syrup, the sweetener used in processed products, triggers ADHD (attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder), aggressive behaviour and bipolar, the serious mental problem once known as manic depression.

  • Air pollution could be causing depression and bipolar disease

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    Psychiatric problems such as depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder probably aren't all 'in your head'—but they may very well be in the environment.

    The quality of the air we breathe may be a trigger for so-called psychiatric problems, and the age we start breathing polluted air could also be a factor.

  • Blue-blocking glasses as additive treatment for mania: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. 📎

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    Abstract Title:

    Blue-blocking glasses as additive treatment for mania: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

    Abstract Source:

    Bipolar Disord. 2016 05 ;18(3):221-32. PMID: 27226262

    Abstract Author(s):

    Tone Eg Henriksen, Silje Skrede, Ole B Fasmer, Helle Schoeyen, Ieva Leskauskaite, Jeanette Bjørke-Bertheussen, Jörg Assmus, Børge Hamre, Janne Grønli, Anders Lund

    Article Affiliation:

    Tone Eg Henriksen

    Abstract:

    OBJECTIVES:The discovery of the blue lightsensitive retinal photoreceptor responsible for signaling daytime to the brain suggested that light to the circadian system could be inhibited by using blue-blocking orange tinted glasses. Blue-blocking (BB) glasses are a potential treatment option for bipolar mania. We examined the effectiveness of BB glasses in hospitalized patients with bipolar disorder in a manic state.

    METHODS:In a single-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (RCT), eligible patients (with bipolar mania; age 18-70 years) were recruited from five clinics in Norway. Patients were assigned to BB glasses or placebo (clear glasses) from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. for 7 days, in addition to treatment as usual. Symptoms were assessed daily by use of the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS). Motor activity was assessed by actigraphy, and compared to data from a healthy control group. Wearing glasses for one evening/night qualified for inclusion in the intention-to-treat analysis.

    RESULTS:From February 2012 to February 2015, 32 patients were enrolled. Eight patients dropped out and one was excluded, resulting in 12 patients in the BB group and 11 patients in the placebo group. The mean decline in YMRS score was 14.1 [95% confidence interval (CI): 9.7-18.5] in the BB group, and 1.7 (95% CI: -4.0 to 7.4) in the placebo group, yielding an effect size of 1.86 (Cohen's d). In the BB group, one patient reported headache and two patients experienced easily reversible depressive symptoms.

    CONCLUSIONS:This RCT shows that BB glasses are effective and feasible as add-on treatment for bipolar mania.

    Article Published Date : Dec 31, 2015

  • Processed meats could trigger mania and hyperactivity

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    The nitrates in processed meats could trigger bouts of mania and hyperactivity in healthy people—and those with a history of psychiatric problems are three times more likely to regularly eat the meats, such as ham, salami, sausages and bacon.

    The nitrates could be altering the gut bacteria that, in turn, influence bipolar symptoms such as mood swings and mania, say researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

    The theory is supported by the discovery that bipolar sufferers are less likely to need hospital care if they take probiotics, which help re-establish the 'good' bacteria in the gut.

    Researchers say that processed or cured meats were the one food type that kept cropping up when they analysed the diets of bipolar patients. They reckoned that the bipolar sufferer is three times more likely to regularly eat processed meats than is a non-sufferer.

  • Simian cytomegalovirus-related stealth virus isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with bipolar psychosis and acute encephalopathy.

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    Abstract Title:

    Simian cytomegalovirus-related stealth virus isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with bipolar psychosis and acute encephalopathy.

    Abstract Source:

    Pathobiology. 1996 ;64(2):64-6. PMID: 8888270

    Abstract Author(s):

    W J Martin

    Article Affiliation:

    W J Martin

    Abstract:

    A cytopathic 'stealth' virus was cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with a bipolar psychotic disorder who developed a severe encephalopathy leading to a vegetative state. DNA sequencing of a polymerase chain reaction-amplified product from infected cultures has identified the virus as an African green monkey simian cytomegalovirus (SCMV)-related stealth virus. The virus is similar to the SCMV-related stealth virus isolated from a patient with chronic fatigue syndrome. The findings support the concepts that stealth viruses can account for a spectrum of dysfunctional brain diseases and that some of these viruses may have arisen from live polio viral vaccines.

    Article Published Date : Jan 01, 1996

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