Self-Education

Clinical and research implications of the diagnosis of dysphoric or mixed mania or hypomania

Authors: SL McElroy, PE Keck Jr, HG Pope Jr, JI Hudson, GL Faedda and AC Swann
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267-0559.
Am J Psychiatry 1992; 149:1633-1644

Ultra-ultra rapid cycling bipolar disorder is associated with the low activity catecholamine-O-methyltransferase allele.

Authors: Papolos DF, Veit S, Faedda GL, Saito T, Lachman HM
Program of Behavioral Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, NY 10461, USA.
Mol Psychiatry 1998 Jul; 3(4):346-9

Comorbidity in mania at first hospitalization

Authors: SM Strakowski, M Tohen, AL Stoll, GL Faedda and DC Goodwin
Psychotic Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Boston, MA.
Am J Psychiatry 1992; 149:554-556

Bipolar spectrum disorders in patients diagnosed with velo-cardio- facial syndrome: does a hemizygous deletion of chromosome 22q11 result in bipolar affective disorder?

Authors: DF Papolos, GL Faedda, S Veit, R Goldberg, B Morrow, R Kucherlapati and RJ Shprintzen
Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Am J Psychiatry 1996; 153:1541-1547

The McLean-Harvard First-Episode Project: 6-Month Symptomatic and Functional Outcome in Affective and Nonaffective Psychosis

Authors: Mauricio Tohen, Stephen M. Strakowski, Carlos Zarate, Jr., John Hennen, Andrew L. Stoll, Trisha Suppes, Gianni L. Faedda, Bruce M. Cohen, Priscilla Gebre-Medhin, and Ross J. Baldessarini
Biol Psychiatry 2000;48:467-476

In an interview with Jane Cartwright, a Mood Disorder Support Group of New York (MDSG) Newsletter contributor,
Dr. Gianni Faedda discusses common causes of misdiagnosis of Bipolar Disorder.

The number of people suffering from manic depression who are misdiagnosed with depression is staggering, according to Gianni Faedda, M.D., who will speak to MDSG on the subject December 3rd, 2001.

Are you one of them? Have you been told you suffer from depression alone, but you don't seem to get better with antidepressants? Is your depression worse even though you're on antidepressants? Does your depression recur? Come listen to a renowned researcher and practicing psychiatrist describe bipolar symptoms many physicians miss and why.

Find an article on the internet and read the original report. Learn from the researchers the Methods used (how the research conducted and the results analysed), read the results of their research and see if you agree with their conclusions.

Two Year Syndromal and Functional Recovery in 219 Cases of First-Episode Major Affective Disorder With Psychotic Features

Authors: Mauricio Tohen, M.D., Dr.P.H., John Hennen, Ph.D., Carlos M. Zarate, Jr., M.D., Ross J. Baldessarini, M.D., Stephen M. Strakowski, M.D., Andrew L. Stoll, M.D., Gianni L. Faedda, M.D., Trisha Suppes, M.D., Ph.D., Priscilla Gebre-Medhin, M.S., and Bruce M. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.
Am J Psychiatry 2000; 157:220-228

Reliability and Validity of Depressive Personality Disorder

Authors: Katharine A. Phillips, M.D., John G. Gunderson, M.D., Joseph Triebwasser, M.D., Catherine R. Kimble, M.D., Gianni L. Faedda, M.D., In Kyoon Lyoo, M.D., and Jo Renn, M.A.
Am J Psychiatry 2000; 157:220-228