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Bipolar Disorder

Abstract

It has been solidly shown that BD has an unfavourable outcome in a considerable number of patients, in spite of the recent advances in its pharmacological treatment. Many BD patients eventually suffer from chronic mood symptoms with significant global disability and burden, not only for themselves but also for their family and the society. The overall functional outcome can be captured mainly by two dimensions representing clinical severity and cognitive dysfunction. Unfortunately, symptomatic remission does not imply functional recovery which is absent in a significant number of clinically and symptomatically remitted patients.

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Fountoulakis, K.N. (2015). Psychosocial Treatment and Interventions. In: Bipolar Disorder. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37216-2_17

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