Active clinical trials for "Bipolar Disorder"

This study seeks to examine how the dose of lamotrigine (Lamictal) should be adjusted during pregnancy for women with Bipolar Disorder. The investigators predict that the concentration of Lamictal in women's blood will decrease during pregnancy, and increase after postpartum. Because the concentration of the medication is likely to decrease during pregnancy, it is important for doctors to know how much they should increase a patient's dose in order to prevent worsening of Bipolar symptoms. In this study, the investigators will ask that participants complete up to five overnight visits to our clinical research unit where their blood will be drawn every couple of hours, through an IV catheter, to measure how the concentration of lamotrigine (Lamictal) changes over time. Participants will be compensated for their time.

This clinical observational study aims to investigate the efficacy of olanzapine (Villamos ®) in accordance with the instructions attached thereto in standard clinical practice, followed by the physician to the patient. This is a multicenter, non- interventional observational study , 6-month period without preparing the patient to take the usual his medication . A total of 3 scheduled visits : Visit 1 to Day 0 ( integration , base ) , Visit 2 at month 3 and Visit 3 at month 6 ( = end of treatment) . The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of olanzapine in patients who are indicated . Will be monitored and recorded all the different concomitant therapy . The treatment of each patient is an individual designated by the physician , according to standard clinical practice and without any intervention research purpose . During the six months of observation patients visit the clinic at the beginning (day 0 ), intermediate ( 3 months ) and end (month 6). The purpose of these visits is regularly monitored by their doctor for senile dementia and their behavior .

The purpose of the study is to explore the effect of MPH on working memory, attention and decision making in adults with BD in remission or in depressed state. The results will be compared to findings in healthy adults and adults with ADHD. The investigators hypothesize that MPH will incur improved performance in all measures.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of developing a microbiome probe of depression and to evaluate the microbiome change in a preliminary analysis of treatment response (n=20) vs. non response (n=20) to the antidepressant citalopram. This study is a 12 week open trial that will enroll approximately 80 participants (anticipated 40 study completers with paired biomarker data) with an episode of major depression, Bipolar I or Bipolar II and 40 age- and sex-matched healthy controls.

In this proposal, the investigators will focus on subcortical gray and white matter structures commonly found to be abnormal in schizophrenia. Thus, the investigators will evaluate the volume and shape of the hippocampus, thalamus and basal ganglia, as well as measures of structural integrity of the corpus callosum and its various subregions.

The purpose of this study is to examine the barriers and facilitators of implementing Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) in Norwegian mental health services.

The purpose of this study is to build a data repository that can be used to understand pharmaceutical utilization patterns among patients being treated in community behavioral health organizations (CBHOs) for schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder.

Forty subjects with bipolar disorder who are not receiving a mood-stabilizing medication for the treatment of their illness will participate in this study. The study aims to evaluate how decision-making is affected by treatment for bipolar disorder. Prior to beginning treatment, patients will complete questionnaires and a one-hour computer-administered assessment of decision-making. Differences between pre-post decision-making outcomes will be evaluated to examine whether the neuroeconomic concepts of risk aversion, loss aversion, risk tolerance and delay discounting are affected by treatment. The overall goal of this study will be to identify whether decision-making in people with bipolar disorder is affected by treatment. Specifically the investigators will compare decision-making characteristics among bipolar patients prior to treatment with how these decision-making characteristics change over the course of 6 weeks of standard medication therapy for bipolar disorder. A total of 6 decision-making tasks and one control task will be administered via computer to eligible subjects. The investigators will evaluate decision-making under varying conditions of reward, risk, and uncertainty and over time. The investigators hypothesize that decision-making will improve across these assessments after 6 weeks of treatment.

We will modify our existing VMQ/VADIS mood telemetry software to run on a Motorola platform, and enhance it to collect information on both mood symptoms (currently covered by the VMQ/VADIS) as well as daily life stressors (currently outside the VMQ/VADIS' scope). By doing so, we will be able us to examine the role of daily stressors in the lives of teens with and without mood swings, to identify how changes in mood triggered by stressful events are similar to or different from mood changes linked to the bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or other forms of affective instability.

To reassure the clinical study data on Seroquel antidepressant efficacy in patients who are diagnosed as bipolar depression