Background Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with an increase of psychiatric and physical
comorbidities, but the effects of these disorders on general hospital-based mortality are …

Background: The COVID-19 infection is a novel virus that mainly targets the respiratory
system via specific receptors without any coronavirus-targeted therapies. Many efforts have …

Objective Little evidence is available on the occurrence of mania following opioid
withdrawal. This is the first report on clinical and demographic characteristics of mania …

Background: Patients' characteristics influence the disorders outcome, so it is valuable to
compare mood disorders and inpatients' attributes in different large samples. Objectives …

BACKGROUND: The Bipolar Disorder Patients Follow-up (BDPF) project is a longitudinal,
prospective and naturalistic study. The purpose of the present report is to introduce the …

Objectives To assess and compare demographic and diagnostic characteristics of inpatients
with mood disorders in Iran. Materials and Methods We collected the demographic, clinical …

Introduction: Substance abuse/dependency is one of the most important comorbidity in
bipolar patients. Therefore, recognizing the patterns of substance use is valuable in …

It is common knowledge among clinicians that BD and substance use disorders (SUD) often
co-occur in the same patient. However a number of methodological problems and limitations …

The devastating impact of substance use disorders (SUDs) among older adults has only
recently attracted the attention of researchers, clinicians, and the general public. Despite the …

Background: Iran is facing an outbreak of methamphetamine-induced disorders and
frequent use of these substances in patients with bipolar disorder. Using or intoxication of …