Open AccessSeasonality in Bipolar Disorder: Impact on Mood Symptoms, Psychosocial Functioning, Neurocognition, and Biological Rhythm
Author(s) -
Fikret Poyraz Çökmüş,
Kadir Aşçıbaşı,
Didem Sücüllüoğlu Di̇ki̇ci̇,
Emine Özge Çöldür,
Emin Avcı,
Ömer Aydemi̇r
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nöropsikiyatri arşivi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1309-4866
DOI - 10.29399/npa.25056
Subject(s) - bipolar disorder , neurocognitive , mood , psychology , mania , rating scale , young mania rating scale , psychosocial , rhythm , bipolar i disorder , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , cognition , developmental psychology
Even though an increase in the number of hospital admissions for manic and depressive periods at certain times of the year is reported in bipolar disorder (BD), mood symptoms do not show a seasonal variation. We aimed to find out the possible causes of increased hospital admissions of BD patients in certain periods of the year.