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Functional outcome in bipolar disorder: the big picture.

ABSTRACT: Previous research on functional outcome in bipolar disorder (BD) has uncovered various factors that exacerbate psychosocial disability over the course of illness, including genetics, illness severity, stress, anxiety, and cognitive impairment. This paper presents an integrated view of these findings that accounts for the precipitous decline in psychosocial functioning after illness onset. The proposed model highlights a number of reciprocal pathways among previously studied factors that trap people in a powerful cycle of ailing forces. The paper discusses implications to patient care as well as the larger social changes required for shifting the functional trajectory of people with BD from psychosocial decline to growth.

SUBMITTER: Levy B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3180778 | biostudies-other | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Functional outcome in bipolar disorder: the big picture.

Levy Boaz B Manove Emily E

Depression research and treatment 20110927

Previous research on functional outcome in bipolar disorder (BD) has uncovered various factors that exacerbate psychosocial disability over the course of illness, including genetics, illness severity, stress, anxiety, and cognitive impairment. This paper presents an integrated view of these findings that accounts for the precipitous decline in psychosocial functioning after illness onset. The proposed model highlights a number of reciprocal pathways among previously studied factors that trap peo ...[more]

PMID: 21961062

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Functional outcome in bipolar disorder: the big picture.

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Functional outcome in bipolar disorder: the big picture.

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