Which factors delay treatment in bipolar disorder? A nationwide study focussed on duration of untreated illness.

Massimiliano BuoliBruno Mario CesanaAndrea FagioliniUmberto AlbertGiuseppe MainaAndrea de BartolomeisMaurizio PompiliEmi BondiLuca SteardoMario AmoreAntonello BellomoAlessandro BertolinoMarco Di NicolaGuido Di SciascioAndrea FiorilloPaola RoccaEmilio SacchettiGabriele SaniAlberto SiracusanoGiorgio Di LorenzoAlfonso TortorellaAlfredo Carlo AltamuraBernardo Dell'Ossonull null

Published in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2020)

Different factors resulted to increase the length of DUI in a nationwide sample of bipolar patients. In addition, the DUI was found to show a negative long-term effect in terms of more suicidal behaviour, more probability of hospitalization and depressive/hypomanic episodes.

Keyphrases

bipolar disorder
major depressive disorder
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
depressive symptoms
cross sectional
stress induced
patient reported