TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Bipolar II disorder: course and suicidal behavior
JO  - Actas luso-espanolas de neurologia, psiquiatria y ciencias afines
A1  - Vieta, E.
A1  - Colom, F.
A1  - Gastó, C.
A1  - Nieto, E.
A1  - Benabarre, A.
A1  - Otero, A.
SP  - 147
EP  - 151
VL  - 25
IS  - 3
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Bipolar II disorder seems to be more than a mild form of classic manic-depressive illness. Differences with bipolar I concern genetic, biological, clinical and pharmacological aspects. Nevertheless, studies on suicidal behavior in both groups have resulted in inconsistent results PATIENTS AND METHOD: Twenty-two patients fulfilling Research Diagnostic Criteria for the diagnosis of bipolar II disorder and 38 bipolar I were evaluated with the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia by two independent interviewers, and compared. RESULTS: Bipolar II patients had significantly more previous episodes (p = 0.001), including both depressive (p = 0.003) and hypomanic switches (p = 0.006), but had been hospitalized (p = 0.001) and presented psychotic symptoms (p < 0.001) less frequently. CONCLUSIONS: There were no significant differences between both groups regarding suicidal behavior variables. These results suggest that bipolar II disorder is less severe than bipolar I regarding symptoms intensity, but more severe with respect to episodes frequency, and that suicide attempts rates are not useful to discriminate between both groups.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0300-5062
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -