bipolar mixed state

Any of a group of conditions identified by Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926), who postulated that mood, activity and thought sometimes varied independently during the transition from depression to mania, or vice versa.

Bipolar mixed states
• Depressive mania;
• Inhibited mania;
• Unproductive mania;
• Agitated depression;
• Depression with flight of ideas;
• Manic stupor.

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Toward a validation of a new definition of agitated depression as a bipolar mixed state (mixed depression).

Considering the costs of bipolar depression: more research is needed on the impact of untreated bipolar depression on society

(68) Panic disorder is much more prevalent in patients with bipolar illness than in the general population and is manifest in bipolar mixed states. (64) Obsessive-compulsive disorder is 8 times more prevalent in patients with BPD than in the general population, with a lifetime comorbid rate of 11% to 21%.

Bipolar disorder, bipolar depression, and comorbid illness

'Bipolar missed states': the diagnosis and clinical salience of bipolar mixed states. Aust N Z J Psychiatry.

Defining the challenge: recognizing and treating bipolar disorder wherever patients present

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