Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos associados às comorbidades clínicas em pacientes com transtorno bipolar

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FONTE

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012

RESUMO

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic and debilitating illness frequently associated to multiple psychiatric comorbidities and clinical diseases. Recent studies have pointed out the significant impact o general medical conditions on BD course and prognosis and there is a growing body of evidence showing the influence of mood episodes and their treatment on incidence and morbidity of medical comorbidities. However, most studies are preliminary and there is still a lack of epidemiological and clinical data about these relationships, particularly in Brazil. This thesis comprises three studies: 1) a study on the prevalence and clinical correlates of cardiovascular risk factors in two samples of BD patients; 2) an evaluation about the association of obesity and suicidality in patients with BD; 3) a study on the prevalence and clinical correlates of clinical comorbidities in BD patients. Taken together, the results show an elevated prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and general medical conditions in BD patients and stress the associations among physical disease, demographic and clinical variables and correlates of severity such as age, gender, duration of illness, medication prescription pattern and psychiatric comorbidities. Our findings provide additional data to the undestanding of the relationship between BD and clinical comorbidities emphasizing the need for both a comprehensive approach to BD and the development of more effective prevention and treatment strategies.

ASSUNTO(S)

transtorno bipolar diagnóstico duplo (psiquiatria) doenças cardiovasculares fatores de risco

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