Rationale and first results of developing at-risk (prodromal) criteria for bipolar disorder

Bechdolf, A; Ratheesh, A; Wood, S J; Tecic, T; Conus, P; Nelson, B; Cotton, S M; Chanen, A M; Amminger, G P; Ruhrmann, S; Schultze-Lutter, F; Klosterkötter, J; Fusar Poli, P; Yung, A R; Berk, M; McGorry, P D (2012). Rationale and first results of developing at-risk (prodromal) criteria for bipolar disorder. Current pharmaceutical design, 18(4), pp. 358-75. Hilversum: Bentham Science Publishers 10.2174/138161212799316226

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Bipolar affective disorder (BD) is a severe, recurrent and disabling disorder with devastating consequences for individuals, families and society. Although these hazards and costs provide a compelling rationale for development of early detection and early intervention strategies in BD, the development of at-risk criteria for first episode mania is still in an early stage of development. In this paper we review the literature with respect to the clinical, neuroantomical and neuropsychological data, which support this goal. We also describe our recently developed bipolar at-risk criteria (BAR). This criteria comprises the peak age range of the first onset of bipolar disorder, genetic risk, presenting with sub-threshold mania, cyclothymic features or depressive symptoms. An initial pilot evaluation of the BAR criteria in 22 subjects indicated conversion rates to proxies of first-episode mania of 23% within 265 days on average, and high specificity and sensitivity of the criteria. If prospective studies confirm the validity of the BAR criteria, then the criteria would have the potential to open up new avenues of research for indicated prevention in BD and might therefore offer opportunities to ameliorate the severity of, or even prevent BD.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Further Contribution)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
UniBE Contributor:	Schultze-Lutter, Frauke
ISSN:	1381-6128
Publisher:	Bentham Science Publishers
Language:	English
Submitter:	Myriam Pyrlik
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:36
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:11
Publisher DOI:	10.2174/138161212799316226
PubMed ID:	22239567
Web of Science ID:	000304315500005
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/14657 (FactScience: 221737)