Objectives The study herein aimed to assess the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM), impaired fasting glucose (IFG), as well as general and abdominal obesity in …

Background Mental disorders are associated with premature mortality. There is increasing
research examining life expectancy and years-of-potential-life-lost (YPLL) to quantify the …

Bipolar disorder is heterogeneous in phenomenology, illness trajectory, and response to
treatment. Despite evidence for the efficacy of multimodality interventions, the majority of …

Background Limited evidence base on cause‐specific excess cardiovascular disease (CVD)
mortality in bipolar disorder (BD) is a barrier to developing preventive interventions aimed at …

Objective Studies addressing premature mortality in bipolar disorder (BD) patients are
limited by small sample sizes. Herein, we used almost 99% of the population of Taiwan to …

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe psychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1–3% of the
population and characterized by a chronic and recurrent course of debilitating symptoms. An …

Suicidal ideation (SI) is a major suicide risk factor; therefore, it is crucial to identify
individuals with SI. Discrepancies between the clinicians and patients' estimation of SI may …

Suicide is a health priority and one of the most common causes of death in mood disorders.
One of the limitations of this type of research is that studies often establish rates of suicide …

Objectives Increased oxidative stress generated nucleoside damage seems to play a crucial
role in bipolar disorder (BD) pathophysiology. It may contribute to accelerated ageing and …

BackgroundThere is a compelling need for innovative intervention strategies for patients
with affective disorders, given their increasing global prevalence and significant associated …