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Wankhade SP, Gibbs J. Alcohol Dependence Syndrome With Bipolar Affective Disorder and Hypomanic Current Episode: A Case Report. Cureus 2024; 16:e55994. [PMID: 38606223 PMCID: PMC11007288 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.55994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Studies have revealed that individuals with bipolar I and bipolar II have a past of substance abuse. The co-occurrence of bipolar disorder and alcoholism is frequent. Although various arguments have been put forward to explain the relationship between these disorders, it is still not fully understood. Since substance abuse is prevalent among bipolar patients, it would be beneficial to investigate the impact of substance abuse on clinical characteristics, as well as the progression of the illness. Thus, this study was carried out to investigate a case of alcohol dependence with bipolar disorder. A 49-year-old male visited the psychiatry outpatient department and then was admitted. The patient's chief complaints were alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, daily drinking for 35 years, irritability/aggressiveness, boastful talk, overspending, and decreased need for sleep from the last 20 days. According to the literature, self-medicating with alcohol is not an effective treatment for alcoholism, unless it is being used to alleviate the psychological and neurochemical effects caused by alcohol. However, there has been limited research on how to treat individuals who have both alcoholism and another medical condition. A few studies have looked at the impact of medications like valproate, lithium, and naltrexone, as well as psychosocial interventions, in treating patients with bipolar disorder and alcoholism. However, more research is necessary to fully understand the best approach.
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- Sharayu P Wankhade
- Psychology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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- Psychology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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Miola A, Baldessarini RJ, Pinna M, Tondo L. Relationships of affective temperament ratings to diagnosis and morbidity measures in major affective disorders. Eur Psychiatry 2021; 64:e74. [PMID: 34812134 PMCID: PMC8715280 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ratings of affective temperament types show promise in helping to differentiate diagnostic groups among major affective disorders as well as to predict associations with important aspects of morbidity including suicidal risk. METHODS The Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego auto-rating (TEMPS-A) questionnaire was completed by 858 unselected, consecutive, consenting adults diagnosed with a DSM-5 major affective disorder (173 bipolar-1 [BD-1]), 250 BD-2, 435 major depressive disorder [MDD]) to score for anxious (anx), cyclothymic (cyc), dysthymic (dys), hyperthymic (hyp), and irritable (irr) affective temperaments. We tested their associations with diagnosis and selected clinical factors, including diagnosis, depression scores, suicidal ideation or acts, substance abuse, episodes/year, and %-time ill. RESULTS Scores for cyc ranked: BD-2 > BD-1 > MDD; anx ranked: MDD > BD-2 > BD-1; irr was greater in BD than MDD; dys was greater in MDD than BD; hyp did not differ by diagnosis. We confirmed associations of suicidal risk with higher scores of all temperament types except lower hyp scores. Higher cyc and irr scores and lower anx scores were associated with substance abuse. Several scores were higher with measures of greater affective morbidity: cyc with current depression, episodes/year, and %-time ill; irr with more episodes and depressions/year and greater %-time manic. Some of these associations were selective for BD or MDD. CONCLUSIONS The findings indicate that TEMPS-A ratings of affective temperament types can contribute to differential diagnoses and predict types and amounts of affective morbidity, as well as detecting suicidal risks.
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- Alessandro Miola
- Department of Neuroscience (DNS), University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- International Consortium for Mood & Psychotic Disorders Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Lucio Bini Mood Disorders Centers, Cagliari, Italy
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- International Consortium for Mood & Psychotic Disorders Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Lucio Bini Mood Disorders Centers, Cagliari, Italy
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Masiak J, Chmielowiec J, Chmielowiec K, Grzywacz A. DRD4, DRD2, DAT1, and ANKK1 Genes Polymorphisms in Patients with Dual Diagnosis of Polysubstance Addictions. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9113593. [PMID: 33171585 PMCID: PMC7695193 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background: Approximately 25–50% of people diagnosed with substance use disorder experience psychiatric disorders, and this percentage is even higher if subclinical psychopathological symptomatology is taken into consideration. ”Dual diagnosis” implies the comorbidity of two disorders (mental disorder and addiction), but in a clinical setting, numerous dual diagnoses involve multiple addictions (polysubstance use means the concurrent use of more than one psychoactive substance). Clinical observations and epidemiological studies showed that the use of stimulants in combination with other substances results in additional risks. Apart from the clinical significance of the specificity of stimulants used in combination with other substances, only non-exhaustive research on the specificity of this comorbidity has been performed to date. The aim of the study was to analyze polymorphisms of the genes (DRD4 VNTR in exon III Ex3, DRD2 rs1076560, rs1800498, rs1079597, rs6276, as well as in the PROM promoter region (rs1799732, ANKK1 Tag1A rs1800497, DAT) in a group of patients diagnosed with polysubstance use disorder, including addiction to stimulants, and the co-occurrence of specific mental disorders in a group of patients diagnosed with polysubstance use disorder, including addiction to stimulants, compared to the group of patients diagnosed with polysubstance use disorder. Methods: The study group consisted of 601 male volunteers with psychoactive substance dependence (n = 300) and non-dependent controls (n = 301). The genomic DNA was extracted from venous blood using standard procedures. Genotyping was conducted with the real-time PCR method. All computations were performed using STATISTICA 13. Results: Psychotic disorders were significantly more common in the group of males with polysubstance addiction, including addiction to stimulants, compared to the group of males with polysubstance addiction without addiction to stimulants. In our own research, different statistical significances were found in the frequency of the DRD4 Ex3 gene polymorphism: s/s was more common in the study group. Psychotic disorders were more common in people addicted to stimulants compared to people addicted to other substances. Conclusions: In our study, psychotic disorders occurred more frequently in the study group of patients with polysubstance addiction, including addiction to stimulants, compared to the control group of patients with polysubstance addiction, but with no addiction to stimulants. Different statistical significances were found in the frequency of the DRD4 Ex3 gene polymorphism: s/s was more common in the study group, while the l/l genotype was less frequent in the study group. In DRD2 PROM rs 1799732, the del allele occurred more often than the ins allele in the study group. In the DRD4 Ex3 gene polymorphism, the s allele was more common in the study group, and the l allele was less frequent. In the DRD4 Ex3 gene polymorphism for the s/s genotype, psychotic disorders and generalized anxiety were more common, while for the s/l and l/l genotype, they were less frequent. The DRD4 Ex3 polymorphism s alleles were more common for depressive episode, dysthymia, and psychotic disorders as well as generalized anxiety disorder. We see a clear genetic aspect here. However, we want to be careful and draw no definite conclusions.
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- Jolanta Masiak
- Neurophysiological Independent Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland;
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- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra, 65-046 Zielona Góra, Poland; (J.C.); (K.C.)
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- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra, 65-046 Zielona Góra, Poland; (J.C.); (K.C.)
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- Independent Laboratory of Health Promotion, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-204 Szczecin, Poland
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-91441-47-46
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Pacini M, Maremmani AGI, Maremmani I. The Conceptual Framework of Dual Disorders and Its Flaws. J Clin Med 2020; 9:E2098. [PMID: 32635296 PMCID: PMC7408800 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9072098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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When psychiatric illness and substance use disorder coexist, the clinical approach to the patient is, unsurprisingly, awkward. This fact is due to a cultural context and, more directly, to the patient's psychiatric condition and addiction behaviors-a situation that does not favor a scientific approach. In dual disorder facilities, several types of professionals work together: counselors, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Treatment approaches vary from one service to another and even within the same service. It is crucial to provide dual disorder patients with multiple treatments, comprising hospitalization, rehabilitative and residential programs, case management, and counselling. Still, when treating dual disorder (DD) heroin use disorder (HUD) patients, it is advisable to follow a hierarchical algorithm. First, we must deal with addiction: by detoxification, whenever possible. This means starting most patients on anti-craving pharmacological maintenance, though aversion therapy may be appropriate for a few of them. Opiate antagonists may be used with heroin-addicted patients as long as those patients are only mildly ill. In contrast, agonist opioid medications, i.e., buprenorphine and methadone suit moderately and severely ill patients, respectively. Achieving control of mood instability or psychotic episodes is the next step, to be followed by a prevention strategy to counteract residual cravings and dominate mood disorders or psychotic episodes through long-term pharmacological maintenance that is focused on a double target.
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- Matteo Pacini
- G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 56100 Pisa, Italy;
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- Department of Psychiatry, North-Western Tuscany Local Health Unit, Tuscany NHS, Versilia Zone, 55049 Viareggio, Italy;
- PISA-School of Experimental and Clinical Psychiatry, 56100 Pisa, Italy
- Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), 55045 Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
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- G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 56100 Pisa, Italy;
- Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), 55045 Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
- Vincent P. Dole Dual Disorder Unit, 2nd Psychiatric Unit, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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Pani PP, Maremmani AGI, Pacini M, Trogu E, Gessa GL, Ruiz P, Maremmani I. Delineating the Psychic Structure of Substance Use and Addictions, from Neurobiology to Clinical Implications: Ten Years Later. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9061913. [PMID: 32570932 PMCID: PMC7356689 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The diagnosis of substance use disorder is currently based on the presence of specifically identified behavioral symptoms. In addition, other psychiatric signs and symptoms accompany addictive behavior, contributing to the full picture of patients’ psychopathologic profile. Historically, such symptoms were confined within the framework of “comorbidity”, as comorbid psychiatric disorders or personality traits. However, an alternative unitary view of the psychopathology of addiction, inclusive of related psychiatric symptoms, has been claimed, with the support of epidemiological, neurobiological, and neuropsychological evidence. In the present article, we highlight the research advancements that strengthen this unified perspective. We then give an account of our group’s definition of a specific SCL-90-based construct of the psychopathology of addiction. Lastly, we discuss the benefits that can be expected to be acquired in the evaluation and treatment of patients with a longitudinal approach including psychological/psychiatric predisposing features, addictive behavior, and psychiatric manifestations.
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- Pier Paolo Pani
- Social-Health Services, Azienda Tutela Salute Sardegna (Sardinia Health Trust), 09128 Cagliari, Italy;
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- Department of Psychiatry, North-Western Tuscany Local Health Unit, Tuscany NHS, Versilia Zone, 55049 Viareggio, Italy;
- Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), 55045 Pietrasanta, Italy
- PISA-School of Experimental and Clinical Psychiatry, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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- G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 56100 Pisa, Italy;
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- Emeritus of Neuropharmacology, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy;
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA;
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- PISA-School of Experimental and Clinical Psychiatry, 56100 Pisa, Italy
- G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 56100 Pisa, Italy;
- Vincent P. Dole Dual Disorder Unit, 2nd Psychiatric Unit, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-050-993045
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Yehya Y, Haddad C, Obeid S, Tahan F, Nabout R, Hallit S, Kazour F. Affective temperaments in Lebanese people with substance use disorder. Perspect Psychiatr Care 2019; 55:478-485. [PMID: 30561045 DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To examine these temperaments among patients with substance use disorder (SUD) in the Lebanese population. DESIGN Case-control. METHODS Fifty-seven controls and 57 patients with SUD were enrolled between April and September 2017. RESULTS A significantly higher mean of depressive, irritable, and anxious temperaments was found in addicted patients as compared with the nonaddicts. However, the results of the multivariate analysis showed that anxious, hyperthymic, irritable temperaments would significantly increase the odds of addiction in participants (ORa = 25.20, 1.057, 1.168, 1.241, and 1.275). Cyclothymic temperament would significantly decrease the odds of addiction in participants (ORa = 0.817). Furthermore, suicidality was associated with depressive, anxious, and irritable temperaments. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Hyperthymic, irritable, and anxious temperaments were the main temperaments found in patients with SUD in Lebanon.
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- Yara Yehya
- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon
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- Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon
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- Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon.,Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon.,Faculty of Pedagogy, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon.,Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon
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- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon.,INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Sante Publique, Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon.,Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon.,Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon.,INSERM U930, équipe 4 "Troubles affectifs," Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Parc de Grandmont, Tours, France.,Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
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Khalkhali M, Golshahi M, Hasandokht T, Kafie M, Zare R. Cognitive Functioning in Schizophrenia, Methamphetamine-induced Psychotic Disorder, and Healthy People: A Comparative Study. Adv Biomed Res 2018; 7:123. [PMID: 30211136 PMCID: PMC6124221 DOI: 10.4103/abr.abr_14_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background: Methamphetamine-induced psychotic disorder (MIP) cannot be easily differentiated from other psychotic disorders. Some studies have reported that patients with MIP and schizophrenia have differences in their cognitive functioning. We hypothesized that their performance would be different on neuropsychological tests which assess executive functions and visual memory. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 30 patients with MIP, 31 patients with schizophrenia, and 31 healthy controls were assessed by Rey–Osterrieth complex figure (ROCF) test and visual search and attention test (VSAT). One-way analysis of variance was performed to compare the mean scores of tests. Tukey's HSD test was used for post hoc analysis. Results: Three groups had significant differences according to ROCF test (F = 15.76, P < 0.0001), VSAT (F = 39.78, P < 0.0001), left VSAT (F = 37.96, P < 0.0001), right VSAT (F = 40.40, P < 0.0001), and the time of the test administration (F = 3.26, P = 0.04). The post hoc analysis showed that the mean score of ROCF test and VSAT (total, right, and left) was significantly higher in the control group than in the other two groups. The time of administering the test in the control group was significantly shorter than in the MIP group (P < 0.03) and nonsignificantly shorter than in the schizophrenia group (P = 0.54). The mean score of right side VSAT was significantly higher in the MIP group than in the schizophrenia group. Conclusion: ROCF could not differentiate MIP from schizophrenia. The better performance of patients with MIP on right side VSAT that is reported in this and in the previous study needs to be reevaluated in more controlled studies.
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- Mohammadrasoul Khalkhali
- Department of Psychiatry, Shafa Psychiatry Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shafa Psychiatry Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Psychology, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Maremmani AGI, Bacciardi S, Somers JM, Nikoo M, Schütz C, Jang KL, Krausz M. Substance Dependence Among Bipolar, Unipolar Depression and Psychotic Homeless: A Canadian National Study. Front Psychiatry 2018; 9:701. [PMID: 30618874 PMCID: PMC6305348 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Introduction: Homeless individuals are often mischaracterized as members of a homogeneous population that suffers from a wide mental health and addiction issues, with little consideration of potentially important differences within or between samples. The aim of the present study was to investigate the comorbidy of alcohol and/or substance dependence (ASD) and major psychiatric diagnoses (bipolar disorder, unipolar depression, and psychotic disorder) in a large Canadian sample of homeless individuals, and to examine potential sources of variability including location and ethnicity. Materials and Methods: A sample of 1,585 homeless individuals were assessed for alcohol and/or substance dependence and bipolar disorder, unipolar depression and psychotic disorder with the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (version 6.0). Regional and ethnic differences in major psychiatric diagnoses between homeless with and without ASD were examined using univariate (i.e., chi-square) and multivariate (i.e., logistic regression) statistics. Results: Members of the sample with ASD were found to be younger, Aboriginal, less well-educated, and born in the Americas. They were more significantly more prevalent in Western Canada and less prevalent in Central and Eastern Canada. The odds of having ASD were higher among people affected by bipolar disorder and (to a less extent) unipolar depression. Limitations: Data collected were self-reported and no urinalyses were performed. We considered diagnosis of ASD according to the previous 12 months only. Conclusions: Homeless people with major mental illness are at high risk for concurrent ASD, however the prevalence of ASD varies significantly between cities, and based on ethnicity and specific psychiatric diagnosis (with greater prevalence in individuals affected by bipolar disorder and, to a less extent, unipolar depression). Clinicians, administrators and policy makers should develop and deliver services based on careful assessment of the local population.
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Affiliation(s)
- Angelo G I Maremmani
- Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy.,Local Health Unit (Versilia Zone), Department of Psychiatry, North-Western Tuscany Region, Viareggio, Italy
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- "Vincent P. Dole" Dual Diagnosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Somers Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Simon Fraser University, Barnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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What Have We Learned From the Agonist Opioid Treatment of Dual Disorder Heroin Addicts? ADDICTIVE DISORDERS & THEIR TREATMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1097/adt.0000000000000115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Azorin JM, Perret LC, Fakra E, Tassy S, Simon N, Adida M, Belzeaux R. Alcohol use and bipolar disorders: Risk factors associated with their co-occurrence and sequence of onsets. Drug Alcohol Depend 2017; 179:205-212. [PMID: 28802190 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the sequence of onsets in patients affected by comorbid alcohol use and bipolar disorder. This study examines the risk factors associated with their co-occurrence and order of onset. METHOD The demographic, clinical, and temperament characteristics as well as the course of illness were analyzed within our sample of 1090 DSM-IV bipolar I manic patients. Our sample was categorized according to the presence of comorbid alcohol use disorder and the sequence of onsets of bipolar and alcohol use disorders i.e., alcohol first (AUD-BD) and bipolar first (BD-AUD). RESULTS Regression analyses revealed that alcohol use disorder (52.5%) was associated with the male gender, additional substance use disorders, as well as an irritable and a hyperthymic temperament. The AUD-BD group (6.6%) was older than the BD-AUD group (45.8%) and showed higher rates of comorbid sedative use, organic, and anxiety disorders with higher levels of irritable temperament, and a bipolar subtype characterized by depressive polarity at onset. The BD-AUD group had high levels of hyperthymic temperament with higher rates of comorbid stimulant use disorder and a manic polarity at onset. CONCLUSIONS In the AUD-BD group, alcohol might have been used to reduce stress and tension caused by the presence of an irritable temperament as well as anxious and organic disorders, leading to first depressive episode. In the BD-AUD group, stimulant use might have triggered the first manic episode, and alcohol abuse result from mania severity.
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- Jean-Michel Azorin
- Department of Psychiatry, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France.
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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- Department of Psychiatry, North Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France.
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- Aix-Marseille University, INSERM, UMR912 (SESSTIM), Marseille, France.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Maremmani AGI, Pani PP, Rovai L, Bacciardi S, Maremmani I. Toward the Identification of a Specific Psychopathology of Substance Use Disorders. Front Psychiatry 2017; 8:68. [PMID: 28496418 PMCID: PMC5406468 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Addiction is a mental illness in which psychiatric conditions imply a prominent burden. Psychopathological symptoms in substance use disorder (SUD) patients are usually viewed as being assignable to the sphere of a personality trait or of comorbidity, leaving doubts about the presence of a specific psychopathology that could only be related to the toxicomanic process. Our research group at the University of Pisa has shed light on the possible definition of a specific psychopathological dimension in SUDs. In heroin use disorder patients, performing an exploratory principal component factor analysis (PCA) on all the 90 items included in the SCL-90 questionnaire led to a five-factor solution. The first factor accounted for a depressive "worthlessness and being trapped" dimension; the second factor picked out a "somatic symptoms" dimension; the third identified a "sensitivity-psychoticism" dimension; the fourth a "panic-anxiety" dimension; and the fifth a "violence-suicide" dimension. These same results were replicated by applying the PCA to another Italian sample of 1,195 heroin addicts entering a Therapeutic Community Treatment. Further analyses confirmed the clusters of symptoms, independently of demographic and clinical characteristics, active heroin use, lifetime psychiatric problems, kind of treatment received, and, especially, other substances used by the patient such as alcohol or cocaine. Moreover, these clusters were able to discriminate patients affected by addiction from those affected by psychiatric diseases such as major depressive disorder. Our studies seem to suggest the trait-dependent, rather than the state-dependent, nature of the introduced psychopathology dimensions of SUDs.
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- Angelo G. I. Maremmani
- V.P. Dole Dual Diagnosis Unit, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), Lucca, Italy
- Department of Psychiatry, North-Western Tuscany Region, Local Health Unit (Versilia Zone), Viareggio, Italy
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- Social and Health Services, Cagliari Public Health Trust (ASL Cagliari), Cagliari, Italy
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- V.P. Dole Dual Diagnosis Unit, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Psychiatry, North-Western Tuscany Region, Local Health Unit, Massa, Italy
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- V.P. Dole Dual Diagnosis Unit, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- V.P. Dole Dual Diagnosis Unit, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), Lucca, Italy
- G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Pisa, Italy
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Mental illness and substance use are overrepresented within urban homeless populations. This paper compared substance use patterns between homeless individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum (SS) and bipolar disorders (BD) using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. From a sample of 497 subjects drawn from Vancouver, Canada who participated in the At Home/Chez Soi study, 146 and 94 homeless individuals were identified as BD and SS, respectively. In the previous 12 months, a greater proportion of BD homeless reported greater use of cocaine (χ = 20.0, p = 0.000), amphetamines (χ = 13,8, p = 0.000), opiates (χ = 24.6, p = 0.000), hallucinogens (χ = 11.7, p = 0.000), cannabinoids (χ = 5.05, p = 0.034), and tranquilizers (χ = 7.95, p = 0.004) compared to SS. Cocaine and opiates were significantly associated with BD homeless (χ = 39.06, df = 2, p < 0.000). The present study illustrates the relationship between substance use and BD in a vulnerable urban population of homeless, affected by adverse psychosocial factors and severe psychiatric conditions.
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Maremmani AGI, Rovai L, Rugani F, Bacciardi S, Massimetti E, Gazzarrini D, Dell'Osso L, Tang F, Akiskal HS, Maremmani I. Chronology of illness in dual diagnosis heroin addicts: The role of mood disorders. J Affect Disord 2015; 179:156-60. [PMID: 25863912 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent celebrity deaths have been widely reported in the media and turned the public attention to the coexistence of mood, psychiatric and substance-abuse disorders. These tragic and untimely deaths motivated us to examine the scientific and clinical data, including our own work in this area. The self-medication hypothesis states that individuals with psychiatric illness tend to use heroin to alleviate their symptoms. This study examined the correlations between heroin use, mood and psychiatric disorders, and their chronology in the context of dual diagnosis. METHODS Out of 506 dual diagnosed heroin addicts, 362 patients were implicated in heroin abuse with an onset of at least one year prior to the associated mental disorder (HER-PR), and 144 patients were diagnosed of mental illness at least one year prior to the associated onset of heroin use disorder (MI-PR). The retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the two groups compared their demographic, clinical and diagnostic characteristics at univariate and multivariate levels. RESULTS Dual diagnosis heroin addicts whose heroin dependences existed one year prior to their diagnoses (HER-PR) reported more frequent somatic comorbidity (p≤0.001), less major problems at work (p=0.003), more legal problems (p=0.004) and more failed treatment for their heroin dependence (p<0.001) in the past. More than 2/3 reached the third stage of heroin addiction (p=<0.001). Their length of dependence was longer (p=0.004). HER-PR patients were diagnosed more frequently as affected by mood disorders and less frequently as affected by psychosis (p=0.004). At the multivariate level, HER-PR patients were characterized by having reached stage 3 of heroin dependence (OR=2.45), diagnosis of mood disorder (OR=2.25), unsuccessful treatment (OR=2.07) and low education (OR=1.79). LIMITATIONS The main limitation is its retrospective nature. Nonetheless, it does shed light on what needs to be done from a clinical and public health perspective and especially prevention. CONCLUSIONS The data emerging from this study, does not allow us to determine a causal relation between heroin use and mental illness onset. However, this data, even if requiring longitudinal studies, suggest that self-medication theory, in these patients, can be applied only for chronic psychoses, but should not be applied to patients with mood disorders using heroin.
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- Angelo G I Maremmani
- "Vincent P. Dole" Dual Diagnosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, "Santa Chiara" University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy; Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy.
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- "Vincent P. Dole" Dual Diagnosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, "Santa Chiara" University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy
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- "Vincent P. Dole" Dual Diagnosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, "Santa Chiara" University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy
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- "Vincent P. Dole" Dual Diagnosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, "Santa Chiara" University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy
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- "Vincent P. Dole" Dual Diagnosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, "Santa Chiara" University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy
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- "Vincent P. Dole" Dual Diagnosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, "Santa Chiara" University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
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- International Mood Center, University of California and Veterans Administration Hospital, San Diego, California, USA
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- International Mood Center, University of California and Veterans Administration Hospital, San Diego, California, USA
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- "Vincent P. Dole" Dual Diagnosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, "Santa Chiara" University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy; Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy; (")G. De Lisio" Institute of Behavioral Sciences Pisa, Italy
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The impact of mood symptomatology on pattern of substance use among homeless. J Affect Disord 2015; 176:164-70. [PMID: 25723559 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Homeless individuals are an extremely vulnerable and underserved population characterized by overlapping problems of mental illness and substance use. Given the fact that mood disorders are frequently associated with substance use disorders, we wanted to further highlight the role of excitement in substance abuse. Patterns of substance abuse among homeless suffering from unipolar and bipolar depression were compared. The "self-medication hypothesis" which would predict no-differences in substance preference by unipolar (UP) and bipolar (BP) depressed homeless was tested. METHODS Homeless individuals from the Vancouver At Home/Chez Soi study were selected for lifetime UP and lifetime BP depression and patterns of substances abused in the previous 12 months were identified with the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Differences in substance use between BP-depressed homeless and UP-depressed homeless were tested using Chi-square and logistic regression techniques. RESULTS No significant differences were observed between UP and BP homeless demographics. The bipolar depressed homeless (BDH) group displayed a higher percentage of Central Nervous System (CNS) Stimulants (χ 8.66, p=0.004) and Opiates (χ 6.41, p=0.013) as compared to the unipolar depressed homeless (UDH) group. CSN Stimulant was the only predictor within the BDH Group (χ(2) 8.74 df 1 p<0.003). LIMITATIONS Data collected are self-reported and no urinalyses were performed. CONCLUSIONS The results support the hypothesis that beyond the self-medication hypothesis, bipolarity is strictly correlated to substance use; this correlation is also verified in a homeless population.
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Pani PP, Trogu E, Vigna-Taglianti F, Mathis F, Diecidue R, Kirchmayer U, Amato L, Davoli M, Ghibaudi J, Camposeragna A, Saponaro A, Faggiano F, Maremmani AGI, Maremmani I. Psychopathological symptoms of patients with heroin addiction entering opioid agonist or therapeutic community treatment. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2014; 13:35. [PMID: 25435897 PMCID: PMC4247563 DOI: 10.1186/s12991-014-0035-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The relationship between substance use disorders and psychiatric pathology is still an open question. The main aim of the present study was to verify whether the five psychopathological dimensions identified through the SCL-90 tool in a previous study carried out on patients with heroin addiction entering an outpatient opioid agonist treatment (OAT) were also observable in those entering a residential treatment community (TC). Further aims were to look at differences in the psychopathological profiles of patients entering a TC versus an OAT treatment and at the correlation between gender and the observed psychopathology. METHODS A confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the results of SCL-90 filled by 1,195 patients with heroin dependence entering TC treatment. It replicates the extraction method previously used on 1,055 OAT patients with heroin addiction by using a principal component factor analysis (PCA). The association between the kind of treatment received (TC or OAT), gender, and the psychopathological dimensions was assessed through logistic regression and general linear model (GLM) analysis. RESULTS The PCA carried out on the SCL-90 results of patients entering a TC yielded a five-factor solution, confirming the same dimensions observed in patients entering an OAT: 'worthlessness and being trapped', 'somatization', 'sensitivity-psychoticism', 'panic anxiety', and 'violence-suicide'. The logistic regression analysis showed a statistically significant association between 'somatization' and 'violence-suicide' severity score and OAT. GLM analysis showed that psychopathological factorial scores for 'worthlessness-being trapped', 'somatic symptoms', and 'panic anxiety' dimensions were more severe in OAT vs TC male patients and in TC vs OAT female ones. 'Violence suicide' followed the same severity pattern for males, but did not differ in TC vs OAT females, while 'sensitivity-psychoticism' did not differ in OAT vs TC patients. The five dimensions did not differ in OAT males vs females. CONCLUSIONS Our research appears to confirm the existence of a specific aggregation of psychological/psychiatric features within the category of individuals with heroin addiction. It also shows a correlation between the dominant psychopathological subgroup and the assignment to TC versus OAT. Further research is needed to clarify the differences between the five psychopathological subgroups and their determinants.
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- Pier Paolo Pani
- Social and Health Services, Cagliari Health Public Trust (ASL Cagliari), Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cagliari Health Public Trust (ASL Cagliari), Cagliari, Italy
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- Piedmont Centre for Drug Addiction Epidemiology, ASLTO3 Grugliasco, Turin, Italy ; Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Piedmont Centre for Drug Addiction Epidemiology, ASLTO3 Grugliasco, Turin, Italy
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- Piedmont Centre for Drug Addiction Epidemiology, ASLTO3 Grugliasco, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy
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- National Coordination Hospitality Communities (CNCA), Rome, Italy
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- Regional Epidemiologic Observatory, Emilia Romagna Regional Health Service, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Avogadro University, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Vincent P. Dole Dual Diagnosis Unit, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy ; Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Vincent P. Dole Dual Diagnosis Unit, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy ; Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims (AU-CNS), Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy ; G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Pisa, Italy
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The long-term outcomes of heroin dependent-treatment-resistant patients with bipolar 1 comorbidity after admission to enhanced methadone maintenance. J Affect Disord 2013; 151:582-589. [PMID: 23931828 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the long-term outcomes of treatment-resistant bipolar 1 heroin addicts with peers who were without DSM-IV axis I psychiatric comorbidity (dual diagnosis). METHOD 104 Heroin-dependent patients (TRHD), who also met criteria for treatment resistance - 41 of them with DSM-IV-R criteria for Bipolar 1 Disorder (BIP1-TRHD) and 63 without DSM-IV-R axis I psychiatric comorbidity (NDD-TRHD) - were monitored prospectively (3 years on average, min. 0.5, max. 8) along a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programme (MMTP). RESULTS The rates for survival-in-treatment were 44% for NDD-TRHD patients and 58% for BIP1-TRHD patients (p=0.062). After 3 years of treatment such rates tended to become progressively more stable. BIP1-TRHD patients showed better outcome results than NDD-TRHD patients regarding CGI severity (p<0.001) and DSM-IV GAF (p<0.001). No differences were found regarding urinalyses for morphine between groups during the observational period. Bipolar 1 patients needed a higher methadone dosage in the stabilization phase, but this difference was not statistically significant. LIMITATIONS The observational nature of the protocol, the impossibility of evaluating a follow-up in the case of the patients who dropped out, and the multiple interference caused by interindividual variability, the clinical setting and the temporary use of adjunctive medications. CONCLUSIONS Contrary to expectations, treatment-resistant patients with bipolar 1 disorder psychiatric comorbidity showed a better long-term outcome than treatment-resistant patients without psychiatric comorbidity.
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Maremmani I, Maremmani AGI, Rugani F, Rovai L, Pacini M, Bacciardi S, Deltito J, Dell'osso L, Akiskal HS. Clinical presentations of substance abuse in bipolar heroin addicts at time of treatment entry. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2012; 11:23. [PMID: 22943591 PMCID: PMC3473306 DOI: 10.1186/1744-859x-11-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Studies on the 'self-medication hypothesis' have focused on substance abuse as an attempt to alleviate emotional suffering. METHODS We have investigated concomitant substances of abuse in 150 bipolar heroin addicts clustered according to their clinical presentation at treatment entry (depressive episode, hypomanic episode, manic episode and mixed episode). Bipolar heroin addicted patients were chosen because they tend to have a concomitant poly-substance abuse and because, as compared with patients suffering for other mental illnesses, they more clearly reveal a variety of identifiable affective states. RESULTS Patients with a depressive episode more frequently used non-prescribed anxiolytic-hypnotics. They were found to use cocaine-amphetamines more frequently during a hypomanic episode, whereas the use of cannabis and cocaine-amphetamines occurred more frequently during a manic episode. The associated use of alcohol, cocaine-amphetamines and cannabinoids was more frequently encountered during a mixed episode. LIMITATIONS apart from the difficulty in determining whether the substance use modifies the mood or the mood state determines the substance used, this is a report on a retrospective analysis, rather than a study specifically designed to elucidate the issue; in addition, no information was available on the temperament of our subjects. Assessments of the same subject in various clinical presentations would have provided a better level of information. CONCLUSIONS Besides one expected result - the prominent use of CNS stimulants during a depressive phase of bipolar patients - this study supports the hypothesis that mood elation is a pleasurable, rewarding experience that, in bipolar patients, can be started or prolonged by means of CNS stimulant drugs. Stimulant use was, therefore, more prevalent during the 'up' rather than the 'down' phase of the illness.
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- Icro Maremmani
- Vincent P, Dole Dual Diagnosis Unit, Santa Chiara University Hospital, Department of Neurosciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, EU, Italy.
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Hawke LD, Provencher MD, Arntz A. Early Maladaptive Schemas in the risk for bipolar spectrum disorders. J Affect Disord 2011; 133:428-36. [PMID: 21621272 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.04.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Accepted: 04/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The hypomanic personality style is a risk factor for bipolar spectrum disorders and shares many cognitive and affective features with the bipolar spectrum. Schema theory may serve as a unifying theory that would explain many of these features. This study is an exploratory investigation of Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMSs) in association with the hypomanic personality and bipolar spectrum risk. METHODS A sample of 966 participants completed the Young Schema Questionnaire, the Hypomanic Personality Scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire. Associations were investigated using univariate and multivariate analyses. Participants deemed at risk of developing a bipolar disorder (N=107) were compared to low-risk controls (N=681). RESULTS The Entitlement/Grandiosity and Insufficient Self-Control/Self-Discipline positively predicted the risk of developing a bipolar disorder, while Emotional Inhibition negatively predicted risk. High-risk participants demonstrated higher mean scores on all EMSs except Emotional Inhibition. These three EMSs, combined with Vulnerability to Harm or Illness, significantly predicted group membership. CONCLUSIONS A bipolar spectrum EMS profile was identified, consisting of Entitlement/Grandiosity, Insufficient Self-Control/Self-Discipline and the absence of Emotional Inhibition. These EMSs are highly consistent with characteristics of the bipolar spectrum. This study supports the application of schema theory to the hypomanic personality and bipolar spectrum. Future research should explore the possible interaction between EMSs, life events and affective symptoms and the applicability of schema therapy to the bipolar spectrum.
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Maremmani I, Perugi G, Rovai L, Maremmani AGI, Pacini M, Canonico PL, Carbonato P, Mencacci C, Muscettola G, Pani L, Torta R, Vampini C, Akiskal HS. Are "social drugs" (tobacco, coffee and chocolate) related to the bipolar spectrum? J Affect Disord 2011; 133:227-33. [PMID: 21605911 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 04/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Across all ages and cultures, mankind has always used substances in order to induce pleasurable sensations or desirable psychophysical states. These substances, notably caffeine, tobacco, alcohol and chocolate, can be labeled 'social drugs'. METHODS We analyzed the social drug habits of 562 patients suffering from mood disorders, according to DSM-IV-R criteria (major depressive episode, recurrent depression, bipolar type I and II disorders and depression not otherwise specified). The sample was also divided into bipolar and non-bipolar according to Hypomania Check-list 32 (HCL-32), which proposes a broader concept of hypomania and soft bipolarity, comprising the spectrum of bipolar disorders proper, along with other, "softer" expressions of bipolarity intermediate between bipolar disorder and normality. RESULTS Using HCL-32 criteria, but DSM-IV-R criteria, a link was confirmed between bipolar spectrum and substance use including social drugs such as tobacco and coffee. LIMITATION Observational correlational study. CONCLUSION This study is in support of earlier theoretical formulations within the framework of the Pisa-San Diego collaboration.
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- Icro Maremmani
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa and G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Pisa, Italy.
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Maremmani AGI, Dell’Osso L, Pacini M, Popovic D, Rovai L, Torrens M, Perugi G, Maremmani I. Dual Diagnosis and Chronology of Illness in Treatment-Seeking Italian Patients Dependent on Heroin. J Addict Dis 2011; 30:123-35. [DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2011.554779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani
- a University of Pisa, Pisa, Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims , Pietrasanta, Lucca
- b G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioral Sciences , Pisa, Italy
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- b G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioral Sciences , Pisa, Italy
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- d Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Hospital del Mar-IMIM , University of Barcelona , Spain
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- a University of Pisa, Pisa, Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims , Pietrasanta, Lucca
- b G. De Lisio Institute of Behavioral Sciences , Pisa, Italy
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Correlates of first-episode polarity in a French cohort of 1089 bipolar I disorder patients: role of temperaments and triggering events. J Affect Disord 2011; 129:39-46. [PMID: 20855116 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2010] [Revised: 08/23/2010] [Accepted: 08/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES As only a few studies so far systematically reported on bipolar patients subtyped according to first-episode polarity, we took the opportunity of having at disposal a large sample of bipolar I patients to specify the characteristics of patients included in these subtypes, with a special focus on temperament and triggering events. METHODS A total of 1089 consecutive DSM-IV bipolar I manic inpatients were subtyped in manic onset (MO), depressive onset (DO) and mixed onset (MXO), and assessed for demographic, illness course, clinical, psychometric, comorbidity and temperament characteristics. RESULTS The main characteristics of MO patients were a hyperthymic temperamental predisposition, a first episode triggered by substance abuse and an illness course with pure, severe and psychotic mania. In comparison, DO patients had more depressive temperaments, a first episode triggered by stress and alcohol, an illness course with more episodes, cyclicity, suicide attempts, anxious comorbidity and residual symptoms. Although sharing characteristics with either MO or DO, MXO patients had more mixed episodes and cyclothymic temperament. LIMITATIONS The following are the limitations of this study: retrospective design, bias toward preferential enrolment of MO patients, and lack of information on the number and polarity of lifetime episodes. CONCLUSIONS Findings from this study tend to confirm most of the differences previously evidenced among patients subtyped according to first-episode polarity. Differences found in temperamental predisposition and illness onset triggering events are worth noting and may help target early preventive interventions as well as orientate the search for specific genetic risk factors.
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Azorin JM, Kaladjian A, Adida M, Fakra E, Hantouche E, Lancrenon S. Baseline and prodromal characteristics of first- versus multiple-episode mania in a French cohort of bipolar patients. Eur Psychiatry 2011; 27:557-62. [PMID: 21292450 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Revised: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify some of the main features of bipolar disorder for both first-episode (FE) mania and the preceding prodromal phase, in order to increase earlier recognition. METHODS One thousand and ninety manic patients (FE=81, multiple-episodes [ME]=1009) were assessed for clinical and temperamental characteristics. RESULTS Compared to ME, FE patients reported more psychotic and less depressive symptoms but were comparable with respect to temperamental measures and comorbid anxiety. The following independent variables were associated with FE mania: a shorter delay before correct diagnosis, greater substance use, being not divorced, greater stressors before current mania, a prior diagnosis of an anxiety disorder, lower levels of depression during index manic episode, and more suicide attempts in the past year. CONCLUSION In FE patients, the diagnosis of mania may be overlooked, as they present with more psychotic symptoms than ME patients. The prodromal phase is characterised by high levels of stress, suicide attempts, anxiety disorders and alcohol or substance abuse. Data suggest to consider these prodromes as harmful consequences of temperamental predispositions to bipolar disorder that may concur to precipitate mania onset. Their occurrence should therefore incite clinicians to screen for the presence of such predispositions, in order to identify patients at risk of FE mania.
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- J M Azorin
- SHU psychiatrie adultes, hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13274 Marseille cedex 9, France.
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Delineating the psychic structure of substance abuse and addictions: should anxiety, mood and impulse-control dysregulation be included? J Affect Disord 2010; 122:185-97. [PMID: 19584019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2009] [Revised: 06/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Current "official" nosology (e.g. DSM IV) is largely limited to physical manifestations of addiction that can be objectively observed and are suited to the maintaining of an "atheoretical" perspective. However, addicted subjects display additional psychiatric symptoms that affect their well-being and social functioning and, in accordance with DSM IV, are typically relegated to the domain of psychiatric "comorbidity." We contend that the relationship of these psychiatric symptoms with addiction is very close, as demonstrated by the high frequency of association observed. We further assert that substance use may modify pre-existing psychic structures such as temperament and related subthreshold conditions and lead to addiction as a specific mental disorder, inclusive also of symptoms pertaining to mood/anxiety, or impulse-control dimensions. The present contribution addresses the weaknesses of the current DSM-based nosology of addiction-related mental comorbidity. We highlight the overlap of the biological substrates and the neurophysiology of addictive processes and psychiatric symptoms associated with addiction, and propose the inclusion of specific mood, anxiety, and impulse-control dimensions in the psychopathology of addictive processes. We postulate that addiction reaches beyond the mere result of drug-elicited effects on the brain and cannot be peremptorily equated only with the use of drugs despite the adverse consequences produced. We infer that mood, anxiety and impulse-control dysregulation is at the very core of both the origins and clinical manifestations of addiction and should be incorporated into the nosology of the same, emphasising how addiction is a relapsing chronic condition in which psychiatric manifestations play a crucial role. To conclude, addictionology cannot be severed from its psychopathological connotations, in view of the undeniable presence of symptoms, of their manifest contribution to the way addicted patients feel and behave, and to the role they play in maintaining the continued use of substances.
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Maremmani I, Pani PP, Pacini M, Bizzarri JV, Trogu E, Maremmani AGI, Gerra G, Perugi G, Dell'Osso L. Subtyping patients with heroin addiction at treatment entry: factor derived from the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SCL-90). Ann Gen Psychiatry 2010; 9:15. [PMID: 20388223 PMCID: PMC2861658 DOI: 10.1186/1744-859x-9-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2009] [Accepted: 04/13/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Addiction is a relapsing chronic condition in which psychiatric phenomena play a crucial role. Psychopathological symptoms in patients with heroin addiction are generally considered to be part of the drug addict's personality, or else to be related to the presence of psychiatric comorbidity, raising doubts about whether patients with long-term abuse of opioids actually possess specific psychopathological dimensions. METHODS Using the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SCL-90), we studied the psychopathological dimensions of 1,055 patients with heroin addiction (884 males and 171 females) aged between 16 and 59 years at the beginning of treatment, and their relationship to age, sex and duration of dependence. RESULTS A total of 150 (14.2%) patients with heroin addiction showed depressive symptomatology characterised by feelings of worthlessness and being trapped or caught; 257 (24.4%) had somatisation symptoms, 205 (19.4%) interpersonal sensitivity and psychotic symptoms, 235 (22.3%) panic symptomatology, 208 (19.7%) violence and self-aggression. These dimensions were not correlated with sex or duration of dependence. Younger patients with heroin addiction were characterised by higher scores for violence-suicide, sensitivity and panic anxiety symptomatology. Older patients with heroin addiction showed higher scores for somatisation and worthlessness-being trapped symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS This study supports the hypothesis that mood, anxiety and impulse-control dysregulation are the core of the clinical phenomenology of addiction and should be incorporated into its nosology.
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- Icro Maremmani
- 'Vincent P Dole' Dual Diagnosis Unit, 'Santa Chiara' University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, NPB, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- AU-CNS, 'From Science to Public Policy' Association, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
- 'G De Lisio', Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Pisa, Italy
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- Social-Health Direction, Health District 8 (ASL 8), Cagliari, Italy
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- 'Vincent P Dole' Dual Diagnosis Unit, 'Santa Chiara' University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, NPB, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 'G De Lisio', Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Pisa, Italy
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- Social-Health Direction, Health District 8 (ASL 8), Cagliari, Italy
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- 'Vincent P Dole' Dual Diagnosis Unit, 'Santa Chiara' University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, NPB, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- AU-CNS, 'From Science to Public Policy' Association, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
- 'G De Lisio', Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Pisa, Italy
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- Global Challenges Section, Human Security Branch, Division for Operations, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna
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- 'Vincent P Dole' Dual Diagnosis Unit, 'Santa Chiara' University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, NPB, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 'G De Lisio', Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Pisa, Italy
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- 'Vincent P Dole' Dual Diagnosis Unit, 'Santa Chiara' University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, NPB, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Individuals suffering from drug addiction may also manifest features of bipolar spectrum disorders. Hyperthymic and cyclothymic temperaments may render individuals vulnerable to later development of substance abuse. Bipolar disorders themselves may be altered or precipitated by substance use, most notably by stimulants (amphetamines), alcohol, and cannabinoids. The clinical usefulness of mood stabilizers, particularly antiepileptics, has been established as safe and effective in substance abusers with and without comorbid mood disorders. Most studies on this issue have been of short duration and focused on the resolution of a currently manifest period of illness. Few studies have been conducted on the usefulness of these drugs on the long-term longitudinal course of these diseases, such as frequently encountered recurrent relapses into states of agitation, impulsivity, and/or dissatisfaction. As opposed to the clinical experience with traditional antidepressants and neuroleptics, antiepileptics do not induce counter-polar states (depressed patients abruptly turning manic or hypomanic; nor patients currently hypomanic or manic turning abruptly depressed). Many clinicians consider antiepileptic mood stabilizers to be the preferred category of medications for the treatment of such patients. Valproate appears to be a potentially fruitful medication to study in these dual diagnosis patients due to preliminary evidence demonstrating its anticraving efficacy.
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Koda M, Kondo T. TEMPS-A/MPT as a quick finder for individualized treatments, including those targeting soft bipolarity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.5234/cnpt.1.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BAG1 plays a critical role in regulating recovery from both manic-like and depression-like behavioral impairments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:8766-71. [PMID: 18562287 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803736105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Recent microarray studies with stringent validating criteria identified Bcl-2-associated athanogene (BAG1) as a target for the actions of medications that are mainstays in the treatment of bipolar disorder (BPD). BAG1 is a Hsp70/Hsc70-regulating cochaperone that also interacts with glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) and attenuates their nuclear trafficking and function. Notably, glucocorticoids are one of the few agents capable of triggering both depressive and manic episodes in patients with BPD. As a nexus for the actions of glucocorticoids and bipolar medications, we hypothesized that the level of BAG1 expression would play a pivotal role in regulating affective-like behaviors. This hypothesis was investigated in neuron-selective BAG1 transgenic (TG) mice and BAG1 heterozygous knockout (+/-) mice. On mania-related tests, BAG1 TG mice recovered much faster than wild-type (WT) mice in the amphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion test and displayed a clear resistance to cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization. In contrast, BAG1+/- mice displayed an enhanced response to cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization. The BAG1 TG mice showed less anxious-like behavior on the elevated plus maze test and had higher spontaneous recovery rates from helplessness behavior compared with WT mice. In contrast, fewer BAG1+/- mice recovered from helplessness behavior compared with their WT controls. BAG1 TG mice also exhibited specific alterations of hippocampal proteins known to regulate GR function, including Hsp70 and FKBP51. These data suggest that BAG1 plays a key role in affective resilience and in regulating recovery from both manic-like and depression-like behavioral impairments.
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[Management of comorbid bipolar disorder and alcohol dependence]. Presse Med 2008; 37:1132-7. [PMID: 18296020 DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2007.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2007] [Revised: 09/18/2007] [Accepted: 09/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Recent studies confirm the clear association between bipolar disorders and alcohol abuse and dependence. Lifetime prevalence of disorders associated with alcohol abuse or dependence appears to be 3 to 4 times higher in patients with bipolar disorders than in the general population. Lifetime prevalence of mood disorders in alcohol-dependent subjects is approximately 10 times higher than in the general population. Despite the strength of this association, there is little information about specific management that takes into account both disorders and their interaction. One study shows that valproate may reduce excessive alcohol consumption in bipolar alcohol-dependent patients, especially because of its stabilizing and anticonvulsant effects. Based on this study, the American Psychiatry Association (APA) recently suggested the use of valproate in the treatment of patients with comorbid bipolar disorder and alcohol dependence.
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Maremmani I, Pacini M, Perugi G, Deltito J, Akiskal H. Cocaine abuse and the bipolar spectrum in 1090 heroin addicts: clinical observations and a proposed pathophysiologic model. J Affect Disord 2008; 106:55-61. [PMID: 17669508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2006] [Accepted: 03/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies indicate a specific relationship between bipolar disorder and stimulant use and abuse. It has generally been assumed that cocaine use represents self-enhancement or attempts to optimize one's level of hypomania, cyclothymia or hyperthymia. This topic required further examination among heroin abusers because cocaine abuse is commonly comorbid with heroin abuse. METHODS Cocaine abuse by bipolar subjects was investigated in a group of 1090 treatment-seeking heroin addicts enrolled between 1994 and 2005. We collected data with 1) the Drug Addiction History Rating Scale; and 2) the Semi-structured Interview for Depression, which inquires systematically among others, about hypomania, cyclothymia, hyperthymia and depressive temperament. Subjects were aged 29+/-6 years, and predominantly male (76.2%). RESULTS Univariate and multivariate analyses provided correlations in favour of a link between current cocaine abuse and double diagnosis, with special relevance to the bipolar spectrum, as well as psychotic disorders (p<0.0001). LIMITATION The modality of access to cocaine in different communities and the difficulty to distinguish cocaine use from abuse by the rating scale administered may have limited the interpretation of results. CONCLUSIONS If cocaine abuse precedes that of heroin or is concomitant, heroin may hypothetically serve as a "mood balancer" which transiently dampens subthreshold excitatory states and mood swings. Our data further suggest the need for a more complex model linking cocaine and bipolarity: subthreshold bipolarity, including hyperthymic and cyclothymic temperaments, seems to predispose to heroin addiction, but craving for the suppressed hypomania in turn could lead to cocaine abuse, which eventually unmasks a frank bipolar disorder - in some cases leading to mixed state, severe mania, as well as psychosis beyond mania. Prospective observations would shed further insight on this complex interface of major clinical and public health importance.
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- Icro Maremmani
- Vincent P. Dole Dual Diagnosis Team, Santa Chiara University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Italy.
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Mitchell JD, Brown ES, Rush AJ. Comorbid disorders in patients with bipolar disorder and concomitant substance dependence. J Affect Disord 2007; 102:281-7. [PMID: 17291591 PMCID: PMC2735053 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Revised: 12/09/2006] [Accepted: 01/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Substance dependence is common in bipolar disorder and is associated with an increase in Axis I and II comorbidity. Little research has compared the relative rates of comorbidity among bipolar patients with dependence on different substances. METHODS The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was used to assess 166 outpatients involved in one of three clinical trials of medications for bipolar disorder and substance dependence. Patients had concurrent alcohol dependence, cocaine dependence, or both conditions. RESULTS Generalized anxiety disorder and current depressed mood were significantly more common in bipolar patients with alcohol dependence than bipolar patients with cocaine dependence. Those with cocaine dependence had significantly higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and antisocial personality disorder and were more likely to present in a mixed mood state than patients dependent on alcohol. Cocaine ENC dependent patients were more likely than alcohol dependent patients to have Bipolar I relative to Bipolar II. LIMITATIONS This is a retrospective, cross-sectional data analysis using the MINI for diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS Cocaine dependence and alcohol dependence were associated with different clinical features and comorbid disorders in bipolar patients. The results may help confirm the validity of integrative models of mood, behavioral, anxiety, and personality disorders. Further studies on the causal relationship between substance dependence and concurrent and lifetime Axis I disorders for patients with bipolar disorders are indicated.
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- Joshua D Mitchell
- UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department of Psychiatry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-8849, USA.
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Brown ES, Perantie DC, Dhanani N, Beard L, Orsulak P, Rush AJ. Lamotrigine for bipolar disorder and comorbid cocaine dependence: a replication and extension study. J Affect Disord 2006; 93:219-22. [PMID: 16519947 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2005] [Revised: 01/27/2006] [Accepted: 02/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder (BPD) is associated with high rates of substance abuse. We previously reported favorable results with lamotrigine in 30 patients with BPD and cocaine dependence. This report examines lamotrigine therapy in an additional 32 cocaine dependent patients. Data on these 32 participants are presented as a replication study. In addition, we extend the previous findings by combining data from both groups, and by exploring predictors of response. METHOD Participants received a baseline evaluation and assessment for up to 36weeks with the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD(17)), Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS(18)), and Cocaine Craving Questionnaire (CCQ). Urine samples were obtained, and participants reported drug use during the previous week. RESULTS In the replication sample (n=32), significant improvements were observed in HRSD(17), YMRS, BPRS(18), and CCQ (baseline to exit), as well as on dollars/week spent on cocaine. In the extension study, the original sample (n=30) and the replication sample (n=32) were combined for a total of 62 participants in the intent-to-treat sample. HRSD(17), YMRS, BPRS(18), and CCQ scores, as well as dollars spent on cocaine, decreased significantly. LIMITATIONS The study has an open-label, uncontrolled design. CONCLUSION Lamotrigine treatment was associated with significant improvements in mood, drug craving, and drug use. Controlled trials are needed.
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- E Sherwood Brown
- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75390-8849, United States.
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Maremmani I, Perugi G, Pacini M, Akiskal HS. Toward a unitary perspective on the bipolar spectrum and substance abuse: opiate addiction as a paradigm. J Affect Disord 2006; 93:1-12. [PMID: 16675028 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2005] [Accepted: 02/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bipolar spectrum disorders and addiction often co-occur and constitute reciprocal risk factors that the authors believe are best considered under a unitary perspective. In particular, we submit that patients whose disorders fall under the bipolar spectrum - and its hyperthymic and cyclothymic temperamental substrates are at increased risk for substance use, possibly moving towards addiction through exposure to intrinsically dependence-producing substances. In our experience, the contribution of bipolar spectrum disorders to the addictive process is often clinically missed, because attenuated and subclinical expressions of such mood disorders as bipolar II and cyclothymia are not adequately appreciated by our current formal diagnostic system (e.g. DSM-IV, as well as research and clinical practice based on it). The use of agonist treatment in dual diagnosis heroin addicts has allowed us to gather valuable knowledge about the intrinsic, and historically and clinically documented mood-regulating effects of opiates. From the therapeutic point of view, the challenge of double diagnosis requires double competence from clinicians. The combination of opiate agonists and mood stabilizers often produces results difficult to obtain with the use of the two types of drugs separately. We therefore submit that the present conceptualization of the link between bipolar spectrum and addictive disorders has not only heuristic and scientific values, but also an important message for the clinician.
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- Icro Maremmani
- Santa Chiara University Hospital, Psychiatric Unit 1, University of Pisa, Italy, EU.
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