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Jing P, Su J, Zheng C, Mei X, Zhang X. A retrospective study of psychotropic drug treatments in bipolar disorder at acute and maintenance episodes. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1057780. [PMID: 36824669 PMCID: PMC9942488 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1057780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder (BD) is predominantly treated with psychotropic drugs, but BD is a complex medical condition and the contribution of psychotropic drugs is not clear. The objectives of this study are: (1) to present psychotropic drugs used in patients with BD; (2) to access changes of psychotropic drug treatments in acute and maintenance episodes. METHODS The study retrospectively evaluated the medical records of inpatients in the Ningbo Kangning Hospital from January 2019 to December 2019. The medical history of each subject was collected completely, including sociodemographic (gender, age, marital status, and so on) and clinical characteristics at baseline and within 12 months of admission. RESULTS The study ultimately included 204 patients with BD. After 12 months, 73.0% of the patients still took drugs. Mood stabilizers (72-90%) and antipsychotics (77-95%) were still the most important drugs in patients with BD. Antidepressants (34-40%) and benzodiazepines (20-34%) were the other frequently used drug classes. For mood stabilizers, 40-56% of patients were prescribed lithium. For antipsychotic, 54-65% of patients were prescribed quetiapine. Sertraline (6-9%) and fluoxetine (5-9%) were the antidepressant that most frequently prescribed. Lorazepam (10-18%) was the most commonly used benzodiazepine. In psychotropic polypharmacy, the most frequently taken was mood stabilizer plus antipsychotic co-treatment, about 36-44% of all patients. A total of 35-48% of patients treated by two psychotropic drugs and 24-36% received three. CONCLUSION The first 6 months after treatment is very important to medication adherence. Mood stabilizers and antipsychotic remained the primary treatment for BD. Antipsychotic is on the rise in the treatment of BD.
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- Pan Jing
- School of Medicine, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.,Department of Psychiatric, Ningbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Psychiatric, Ningbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Psychiatric, Ningbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Psychiatric, Ningbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- School of Medicine, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.,Department of Psychiatric, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, Suzhou, China
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Zamar AC, Kouimtsidis C, Lulsegged A, Roberts R, Koutsomitros T, Stahl D. A New Treatment Protocol of Combined High-Dose Levothyroxine and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: A Cohort Evaluation of 55 Patients. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11195830. [PMID: 36233698 PMCID: PMC9572106 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11195830] [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: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: Bipolar spectrum disorders (BSD) are highly disabling, with rapid cycling being treatment resistant. High-dose levothyroxine (HDT) has been reported to be effective. Diagnosis is associated with mutations in thyroid-activating enzymes and cerebral transporter protein carrier. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has neuroplastic effects. Methods: We report data on 55 severely symptomatic patients with rapid-cycling BSD treated with a combination protocol of HDT and rTMS. Of the patients, 31 patients (56.4%) were female and 40 (72.7%) had at least one additional diagnosis. Results: Patients were evaluated at three monthly intervals after acute treatment. Remission was measured using the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS). The average number of medications prescribed was 1.8, with 32 patients (58.2%) needing only levothyroxine. The average dose of levothyroxine was 303.7 mcg (50 mcg−1000 mcg). A total of 53 patients were in remission (96.4%), with an average duration of 2.0 years. The SDS scores decreased significantly (Cohen’s d = 2.61 (95% C.I. 1.81 to 2.83, p < 0.001). One patient had reversible side effects. A total of 52 (94.3%) patients had Deiodinase 1 and 2 (DiO1/DiO2) or SLCO1C1 protein carrier gene mutations. Conclusion: The data support the safety and acceptability of combined HDT/rTMS. Patients achieved long remissions with substantial improvements in quality of life.
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- Antonis C. Zamar
- The London Psychiatry Centre, London W1G 7HG, UK
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-2075804224
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- The London Psychiatry Centre, London W1G 7HG, UK
- Imperial College, London SW7 2BX, UK
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- Greek rTMS Clinic, Medical Psychotherapeutic Centre (ΙΨΚ), 546 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Statistics Kings College, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK
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Zamar A, Lulsegged A, Kouimtsidis C. A new approach for the treatment of subthreshold bipolar disorders: Targeted high dose levothyroxine and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for mitochondrial treatment. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:976544. [PMID: 36311500 PMCID: PMC9606762 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.976544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bipolar spectrum disorder includes Bipolar I, Bipolar II and subthreshold bipolar disorders (BD). The condition is highly prevalent, disabling and associated with high mortality. Failure of diagnosis is high. Subthreshold presentations present as 4 or more changes in polarity, are generally less responsive to standard treatment and as a result, drug combinations are often needed. High Dose Levothyroxine (HDT) has been reported to be safe and effective with this condition. Treatment response has been associated with mutations in thyroid activating enzymes and intra cerebral transporter protein carrier. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) has been shown to be effective in bipolar depression and has been proved to have neuroplastic effect. Present authors had reported clinical evidence of safe and effective use of a combination treatment protocol. Potential mechanisms of action of the combined treatment protocol and the role of mitochondria function are discussed.
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- Andy Zamar
- Consultant Psychiatrist, The London Psychiatry Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Consultant Endocrinologist Health 121 Ltd., London, United Kingdom
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- Consultant Psychiatrist, The London Psychiatry Centre, London, United Kingdom.,Honorary Senior Lecturer Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Faurholt-Jepsen M, Frost M, Christensen EM, Bardram JE, Vinberg M, Kessing LV. The effect of smartphone-based monitoring on illness activity in bipolar disorder: the MONARCA II randomized controlled single-blinded trial. Psychol Med 2020; 50:838-848. [PMID: 30944054 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291719000710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recently, the MONARCA I randomized controlled trial (RCT) was the first to investigate the effect of smartphone-based monitoring in bipolar disorder (BD). Findings suggested that smartphone-based monitoring sustained depressive but reduced manic symptoms. The present RCT investigated the effect of a new smartphone-based system on the severity of depressive and manic symptoms in BD. METHODS Randomized controlled single-blind parallel-group trial. Patients with BD, previously treated at The Copenhagen Clinic for Affective Disorder, Denmark and currently treated at community psychiatric centres, private psychiatrists or GPs were randomized to the use of a smartphone-based system or to standard treatment for 9 months. Primary outcomes: differences in depressive and manic symptoms between the groups. RESULTS A total of 129 patients with BD (ICD-10) were included. Intention-to-treat analyses showed no statistically significant effect of smartphone-based monitoring on depressive (B = 0.61, 95% CI -0.77 to 2.00, p = 0.38) and manic (B = -0.25, 95% CI -1.1 to 0.59, p = 0.56) symptoms. The intervention group reported higher quality of life and lower perceived stress compared with the control group. In sub-analyses, the intervention group had higher risk of depressive episodes, but lower risk of manic episodes compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS There was no effect of smartphone-based monitoring. In patient-reported outcomes, patients in the intervention group reported improved quality of life and reduced perceived stress. Patients in the intervention group had higher risk of depressive episodes and reduced risk of manic episodes. Despite the widespread use and excitement of electronic monitoring, few studies have investigated possible effects. Further studies are needed.
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- Maria Faurholt-Jepsen
- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Center (CADIC), Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Center (CADIC), Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Center (CADIC), Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Center (CADIC), Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Evidence-Based Principles for Bipolar Disorder Treatment. FOCUS (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING) 2019; 17:272-274. [PMID: 32047375 PMCID: PMC6999215 DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.17303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Goldberg JF. Complex Combination Pharmacotherapy for Bipolar Disorder: Knowing When Less Is More or More Is Better. FOCUS (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING) 2019; 17:218-231. [PMID: 32047367 PMCID: PMC6999211 DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20190008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Combination pharmacotherapy for bipolar disorder is commonplace and often reflects the severity and complexity of the illness and the comorbid conditions frequently associated with it. Across treatment settings, about one-fifth of patients with bipolar disorder appear to receive four or more psychotropic medications. Practice patterns often outpace the evidence-based literature, insofar as few systematic studies have examined the efficacy and safety of two or more medications for any given phase of illness. Most randomized trials of combination pharmacotherapy focus on the utility of pairing a mood stabilizer with a second-generation antipsychotic for prevention of either acute mania or relapse. In real-world practice, patients with bipolar disorder often take more elaborate combinations of mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, stimulants, and other psychotropics for indefinite periods that do not necessarily arise purposefully and logically. In this article, I identify clinical factors associated with complex combination pharmacotherapy for patients with bipolar disorder; describe approaches to ensuring that each component of a treatment regimen has a defined role; discuss the elimination of unnecessary, ineffective, or redundant drugs in a regimen; and address complementary, safe, rationale-based drug combinations that target specific domains of psychopathology for which monotherapies often provide inadequate benefit.
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- Joseph F Goldberg
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
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Bortolasci CC, Spolding B, Callaly E, Martin S, Panizzutti B, Kidnapillai S, Connor T, Hasebe K, Mohebbi M, Dean OM, McGee SL, Dodd S, Gray L, Berk M, Walder K. Mechanisms Underpinning the Polypharmacy Effects of Medications in Psychiatry. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2018; 21:582-591. [PMID: 29471411 PMCID: PMC6007392 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyy014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition with progressive social and cognitive function disturbances. Most patients' treatments are based on polypharmacy, but with no biological basis and little is known of the drugs' interactions. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of lithium, valproate, quetiapine, and lamotrigine, and the interactions between them, on markers of inflammation, bioenergetics, mitochondrial function, and oxidative stress in neuron-like cells and microglial cells. METHODS Neuron-like cells and lipopolysaccharide-stimulated C8-B4 cells were treated with lithium (2.5 mM), valproate (0.5 mM), quetiapine (0.05 mM), and lamotrigine (0.05 mM) individually and in all possible combinations for 24 h. Twenty cytokines were measured in the media from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated C8-B4 cells. Metabolic flux analysis was used to measure bioenergetics, and real-time PCR was used to measure the expression of mitochondrial function genes in neuron-like cells. The production of superoxide in treated cells was also assessed. RESULTS The results suggest major inhibitory effects on proinflammatory cytokine release as a therapeutic mechanism of these medications when used in combination. The various combinations of medications also caused overexpression of PGC1α and ATP5A1 in neuron-like cells. Quetiapine appears to have a proinflammatory effect in microglial cells, but this was reversed by the addition of lamotrigine independent of the drug combination. CONCLUSION Polypharmacy in bipolar disorder may have antiinflammatory effects on microglial cells as well as effects on mitochondrial biogenesis in neuronal cells.
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- Chiara C Bortolasci
- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia,Graduation Program in Health Sciences, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Programa de Pós-graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia,IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia,IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia,Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia,The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia,IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia,Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia,Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia,Correspondence: Ken Walder, PhD, Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia ()
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Electronic monitoring of self-reported mood: the return of the subjective? Int J Bipolar Disord 2016; 4:28. [PMID: 27900735 PMCID: PMC5127918 DOI: 10.1186/s40345-016-0069-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Accepted: 11/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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This narrative review describes recent developments in the use of technology for utilizing the self-monitoring of mood, provides some relevant background, and suggests some promising directions. Subjective experience of mood is one of the valuable sources of information about the state of an integrated mind/brain system. During the past century, psychiatry and psychology moved away from subjectivity, emphasizing external observation, precise measurement, and laboratory techniques. This shift, however, provided only a limited improvement in the understanding of mood disorders, and it appears that self-monitoring of mood has the potential to enrich our knowledge, particularly when combined with the advances in technology. Modern technology, with its ability to transfer information from the individual directly to the researcher via electronic applications, enables us now to study mood regulation more thoroughly. Frequent subjective ratings can be helpful in identifying individualized treatment with effective mood stabilizers and recognizing subtypes of mood disorders. The variability of subjective ratings may also help us estimate the increased risk of recurrence and guide a tailored treatment.
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Faurholt-Jepsen M, Munkholm K, Frost M, Bardram JE, Kessing LV. Electronic self-monitoring of mood using IT platforms in adult patients with bipolar disorder: A systematic review of the validity and evidence. BMC Psychiatry 2016; 16:7. [PMID: 26769120 PMCID: PMC4714425 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0713-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Various paper-based mood charting instruments are used in the monitoring of symptoms in bipolar disorder. During recent years an increasing number of electronic self-monitoring tools have been developed. The objectives of this systematic review were 1) to evaluate the validity of electronic self-monitoring tools as a method of evaluating mood compared to clinical rating scales for depression and mania and 2) to investigate the effect of electronic self-monitoring tools on clinically relevant outcomes in bipolar disorder. METHODS A systematic review of the scientific literature, reported according to the Preferred Reporting items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines was conducted. MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and The Cochrane Library were searched and supplemented by hand search of reference lists. Databases were searched for 1) studies on electronic self-monitoring tools in patients with bipolar disorder reporting on validity of electronically self-reported mood ratings compared to clinical rating scales for depression and mania and 2) randomized controlled trials (RCT) evaluating electronic mood self-monitoring tools in patients with bipolar disorder. RESULTS A total of 13 published articles were included. Seven articles were RCTs and six were longitudinal studies. Electronic self-monitoring of mood was considered valid compared to clinical rating scales for depression in six out of six studies, and in two out of seven studies compared to clinical rating scales for mania. The included RCTs primarily investigated the effect of heterogeneous electronically delivered interventions; none of the RCTs investigated the sole effect of electronic mood self-monitoring tools. Methodological issues with risk of bias at different levels limited the evidence in the majority of studies. CONCLUSIONS Electronic self-monitoring of mood in depression appears to be a valid measure of mood in contrast to self-monitoring of mood in mania. There are yet few studies on the effect of electronic self-monitoring of mood in bipolar disorder. The evidence of electronic self-monitoring is limited by methodological issues and by a lack of RCTs. Although the idea of electronic self-monitoring of mood seems appealing, studies using rigorous methodology investigating the beneficial as well as possible harmful effects of electronic self-monitoring are needed.
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- Maria Faurholt-Jepsen
- Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen, DK- 2100, Denmark.
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- Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen, DK- 2100, Denmark.
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- The Pervasive Interaction Laboratory (PIT Lab), IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- DTU Compute Copenhagen Center for Health Technology, DTU, Lymgby, Denmark
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- Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen, DK- 2100, Denmark.
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Fornaro M, De Berardis D, Koshy AS, Perna G, Valchera A, Vancampfort D, Stubbs B. Prevalence and clinical features associated with bipolar disorder polypharmacy: a systematic review. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2016; 12:719-35. [PMID: 27099503 PMCID: PMC4820218 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s100846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Uncertainty exists regarding the prevalence and clinical features associated with the practice of polypharmacy in bipolar disorder (BD), warranting a systematic review on the matter. METHODS Three authors independently searched major electronic databases from inception till September 2015. Articles were included that reported either qualitative or quantitative data about the prevalence and clinical features associated with polypharmacy in adult cases of BD. RESULTS The operative definitions of polypharmacy adopted across varying studies varied, with concomitant use of two or more psychotropic medications or use of four or more psychotropic medications at once being the most common and the most reliable, respectively. Regardless of type or current mood episode polarity of BD, prevalence rates up to 85% and 36% were found using the most permissive (two or more medications at once) and the most conservative (four or more) operative definitions for polypharmacy, respectively. Point prevalence prescription rates of one or more antidepressant or antipsychotic as part of a polypharmacy regimen occurred in up to 45% or 80% of the cases, respectively, according to the most permissive definition of polypharmacy. In contrast, lithium prescription rates ranged from 13% to 33% in BD patients receiving polypharmacy according to conservative and permissive definitions, possibly suggesting a reduced need for augmentation of combination strategies for those cases of BD with a favorable lifetime lithium response and/or long-lasting treatment as well as less likelihood of lithium response over the time most severe cases possibly exposed to a more complex polypharmacy overall. LIMITATIONS "Apples and oranges" bias; publication bias for most recently introduced compounds. CONCLUSION Polypharmacy is common among people with BD across varying type and mood episode phases of illness. Special population, including BD patients at high risk of familial load for suicidal behavior, solicit further research as well as the plausible "protective" role of lithium toward polypharmacy in BD. The PROSPERO registration number is CRD42014015084.
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- Michele Fornaro
- New York Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- National Health Service, Department of Mental Health, Psychiatric Service of Diagnosis and Treatment, Hospital "G. Mazzini", Teramo, Italy
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- St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Hermanas Hospitalarias - Villa San Benedetto Menni Hospital, FoRiPsi, Italy
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- Hermanas Hospitalarias, FoRiPsi Villa S. Giuseppe Hospital, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Physiotherapy Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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Faurholt-Jepsen M, Vinberg M, Frost M, Christensen EM, Bardram J, Kessing LV. Daily electronic monitoring of subjective and objective measures of illness activity in bipolar disorder using smartphones--the MONARCA II trial protocol: a randomized controlled single-blind parallel-group trial. BMC Psychiatry 2014; 14:309. [PMID: 25420431 PMCID: PMC4247697 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0309-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with bipolar disorder often show decreased adherence with mood stabilizers and frequently interventions on prodromal depressive and manic symptoms are delayed. Recently, the MONARCA I randomized controlled trial investigated the effect of electronic self-monitoring using smartphones on depressive and manic symptoms. The findings suggested that patients using the MONARCA system had more sustained depressive symptoms than patients using a smartphone for normal communicative purposes, but had fewer manic symptoms during the trial. It is likely that the ability of these self-monitored measures to detect prodromal symptoms of depression and mania may be insufficient compared to automatically generated objective data on measures of illness activity such as phone usage, social activity, physical activity, and mobility. The Monsenso system, for smartphones integrating subjective and objective measures of illness activity was developed and will be tested in the present trial. METHODS The MONARCA II trial uses a randomized controlled single-blind parallel-group design. Patients with bipolar disorder according to ICD-10 who previously have been treated at the Copenhagen Clinic for Affective Disorder, Denmark are included and randomized to either daily use of the Monsenso system including an feedback loop between patients and clinicians (the intervention group) or to the use of a smartphone for normal communicative purposes (the control group) for a 9-month trial period. The trial was started in September 2014 and recruitment is ongoing. The outcomes are: differences in depressive and manic symptoms; rate of depressive and manic episodes (primary); automatically generated objective data on measures of illness activity; number of days hospitalized; psychosocial functioning (secondary); perceived stress; quality of life; self-rated depressive symptoms; self-rated manic symptoms; recovery; empowerment and adherence to medication (tertiary) between the intervention group and the control group during the trial. Ethical permission has been obtained. Positive, neutral and negative findings will be published. DISCUSSION If the system is effective in reducing depressive and/or manic symptoms (and other symptoms of bipolar disorder) and the rate of episodes, there will be basis for extending the use to the treatment of bipolar disorder in general and in larger scale. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02221336. Registered 26th of September 2014.
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- Maria Faurholt-Jepsen
- Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Pervasive Interaction Laboratory (PIT Lab), IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark ,Monsenso ApS, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Pervasive Interaction Laboratory (PIT Lab), IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark ,Monsenso ApS, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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