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Mixed Episodes with Psychotic Features

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

James C.-Y. Chou
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Mixed episode is one of the more difficult-to-treat conditions in bipolar disorder. The presence of mixed features (symptoms of both depression and mania in a single acute episode) is associated with both poorer acute treatment response and poorer longitudinal outcomes, including shorter subsequent inter-episode periods and greater suicidality. Mixed features are indicative of an overall greater severity of both acute and chronic illness (Slide 1).

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Expert Panel Supplement
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 14 , Issue S11: Clinical Decisions for Acute and Mixed Manic Episodes of Bipolar Disorder: A Case-based Approach , November 2009 , pp. 6 - 8
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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