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Treatments
July 12, 2023

Assets of Exercise

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Ben Goldstein of the University of Toronto gave a plenary talk on the benefits of exercise....
Treatments
July 12, 2023

A Case Report: Good Effect of Psilocybin Even with No Psychedelic Effects

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Marisa Leon-Carlyle reported on a 43 yr. old man with chronic treatment refractory depressi...
Treatments
July 11, 2023

High Response Rate to Psilocybin in Bipolar II Depression

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Scott Aaronson gave 15 medication-free BP II patients (off all medications) 25mg of psilocy...
Treatments
July 11, 2023

Antidepressant Effects of Psilocybin in Unipolar Depression

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Alan Young reported on 233 patients with treatment refractory depression who were given 10m...
Treatments
July 10, 2023

Preliminary Data on Ketogenic Diet

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Georgia Ede gave a talk on the first results of 12 bipolar patients using a ketogenic diet ...
Biology
July 10, 2023

Metabolic Changes in Brain of Bipolar at Autopsy

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Graeme Preston reported on the brain of autopsied bipolar patients having increases asparta...
Treatments
July 8, 2023

Positive Effects of Low-Dose Lithium (LDL)

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Rebecca Strawbridge of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s Colle...
Risk Factors
July 8, 2023

Childhood Bullying and Maltreatment Yield A Worse Course of Bipolar Illness

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Georgina Hosang of Bart’s & The London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine reported that bully...
Treatments
July 7, 2023

Patterns of Pharmacotherapy for Bipolar Disorder

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Balwinder Singh of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine reported on “10,351 individuals from...
Treatments
July 7, 2023

Lumateperone for Bipolar I or Bipolar II Depression: Few Extrapyramidal and Motor Symptoms

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Tobie Escher of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. reported on the excellent tolerability of lu...
Treatments
July 6, 2023

Beneficial Cognitive Effects of Transcranial Infrared Laser Stimulation (TILS) in Bipolar Disorder

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Michael Gentry of The University of Texas At Austin reported on 30 individuals with remitte...
Treatments
July 3, 2023

The Systematic Treatment Optimization Program for Early Mania

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- A. Rathseesh and L. Yatham reported on the importance of systematic vigorous treatment of a...
Public Policy
July 3, 2023

Even Psychotic Mania Does Not Preclude Remarkable Success

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Major (Two Star) General Gregg F. Martin described his lifetime hyperthermia (high energy) ...
Biology
July 3, 2023

Disrupted Circadian Temperature Rhythm in Skin Temperature in Bipolar Mania

Highlights from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference Posters and Presentations, Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- Andrea Stautland of University of Bergen studied the nocturnal temperature of sleeping part...
Treatments
July 3, 2023

“Pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Depression”

Roger McIntyre gave a talk on the “Pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Depression” at the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference in Chicago, June 22-25, 2023 -- He pointed out that, contrary to the many approved age...