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January 17, 2010
Caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder may have psychiatric symptoms.
MedWire (1/15, Davenport) reports that, according to a review published in the Febuary issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders, "caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder have psychiatric symptoms."
After a review of "24 papers" found in "the Medline Pubmed, PsychINFO, and Google Scholar databases," researchers found that "13 reported the presence of general psychiatric distress among caregivers of bipolar disorder patients, while two reported anxiety symptoms, nine reported mood symptoms, and eight reported increased mental health service use." Specifically, "up to 46.0% of caregivers reported depression, with a similar proportion reporting anxiety symptoms or disorders," while "up to 32.4% of caregivers reported mental health service usage."
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- Caregivers of bipolar patients suffer psychiatric symptoms," Liam Davenport, MedWire News, January 15, 2010.
Posted by admin at January 17, 2010 03:44 PM