Individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) usually report significant disability and psychosocial impairment. Both the nature and causes associated with this impairment are poorly understood. In particular, research examining the impact of pharmacotherapy on the different aspects of psychosocial functioning in bipolar patients is currently lacking. The aim of this study was to assess to what extent the psychotropic medications used during psychiatric hospitalization and at discharge can predict clinical psychosocial functioning and the severity of the illness at follow-up in inpatients with bipolar disorder (BD).Patients were 71 adult BD patients contacted on average 31 months after discharge who completed at the follow-up a telephone interview based on the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS).All the subjects completed the follow-up assessment between 5 and 75 months after discharge. The mean raw score for the HoNOS-6 was 5.70 ± 5.37. Patients with more severe behavior problems more often had been prescribed atypical antipsychotics and anticonvulsants at discharge. Patients with more severe psychosocial functioning problems more often had a history of suicide attempts, and were more often prescribed anxiolytics during hospitalization and less often prescribed lithium at discharge.Having been prescribed anxiolytics and atypical antipsychotics during hospitalization predicted reduced psychosocial functioning, whereas prescription of lithium at discharge was associated with better psychosocial functioning at follow-up. Future studies are needed in order to investigate how psychosocial functioning may be related in the long-term to pharmacological treatment in patients after discharge.

Pharmacotherapy in bipolar disorders during hospitalization and at discharge predicts clinical and psychosocial functioning at follow-up / Pompili, Maurizio; Innamorati, M; Gonda, X; Serafini, G; Erbuto, D; Ricci, F; Fountoulakis, Kn; Lester, D; Vazquez, G; Rihmer, Z; Amore, M; Girardi, Paolo. - In: HUMAN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0885-6222. - STAMPA. - 29:(2014), pp. 578-588. [10.1002/hup.2445]

Pharmacotherapy in bipolar disorders during hospitalization and at discharge predicts clinical and psychosocial functioning at follow-up.

POMPILI, Maurizio;GIRARDI, Paolo
2014

Abstract

Individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) usually report significant disability and psychosocial impairment. Both the nature and causes associated with this impairment are poorly understood. In particular, research examining the impact of pharmacotherapy on the different aspects of psychosocial functioning in bipolar patients is currently lacking. The aim of this study was to assess to what extent the psychotropic medications used during psychiatric hospitalization and at discharge can predict clinical psychosocial functioning and the severity of the illness at follow-up in inpatients with bipolar disorder (BD).Patients were 71 adult BD patients contacted on average 31 months after discharge who completed at the follow-up a telephone interview based on the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS).All the subjects completed the follow-up assessment between 5 and 75 months after discharge. The mean raw score for the HoNOS-6 was 5.70 ± 5.37. Patients with more severe behavior problems more often had been prescribed atypical antipsychotics and anticonvulsants at discharge. Patients with more severe psychosocial functioning problems more often had a history of suicide attempts, and were more often prescribed anxiolytics during hospitalization and less often prescribed lithium at discharge.Having been prescribed anxiolytics and atypical antipsychotics during hospitalization predicted reduced psychosocial functioning, whereas prescription of lithium at discharge was associated with better psychosocial functioning at follow-up. Future studies are needed in order to investigate how psychosocial functioning may be related in the long-term to pharmacological treatment in patients after discharge.
2014
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Pharmacotherapy in bipolar disorders during hospitalization and at discharge predicts clinical and psychosocial functioning at follow-up / Pompili, Maurizio; Innamorati, M; Gonda, X; Serafini, G; Erbuto, D; Ricci, F; Fountoulakis, Kn; Lester, D; Vazquez, G; Rihmer, Z; Amore, M; Girardi, Paolo. - In: HUMAN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0885-6222. - STAMPA. - 29:(2014), pp. 578-588. [10.1002/hup.2445]
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