The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) previously published
treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder in 2005, along with international commentaries and …

Background: Sleep alterations are frequent occurrence in Bipolar Disorder (BD), both in
acute and interepisodic phases. Sleep alterations have been also described both long …

Objectives Clinical staging is widely used in medicine to map disease progression, inform
prognosis, and guide treatment decisions; in psychiatry, however, staging remains a …

Introduction Bipolar disorder (BD) is a heterogeneous disorder needing personalized and
shared decisions. We aimed to empirically develop a cluster-based classification that …

The chronic, long-term evolution of bipolar disorder (BD) requires a careful clinical
characterization with prognostic implications in terms of symptom and functional control. The …

Objective Psychiatric illnesses, like medical illnesses, can sometimes be considered as
progressing through stages. Understanding these stages can lead to a better understanding …

Introduction: Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with significant neurocognitive and
functional impairment, which may progress across stages. The 'latent stage'of BD remains …

Background There is great interest in the possibility that 'stage of illness' moderates
treatment outcomes in bipolar disorder (BD). Much remains unknown about the construct of …

Current treatment guidelines in bipolar disorder focus mainly on the prevention of
recurrence and stabilization of acute mood episodes while neglecting outcomes related to …

In an interesting editorial in the Sep tember issue, Alda and Kapczinski ex plore the clinical
staging model as ap plied to bipolar disorder, 1 consider some of the strengths and …