Poster Session

Thursday, 18 March 2010 17:00 - 18:30, Grand Ballroom Foyer

Bipolar disorder: prevalence and comorbidity among emergency department patients in Latin-american countries
  • Dr Ruby Castilla-Puentes, Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Interfering with the activating effect of calbindin D28k on inositol monophosphatase activity
  • Prof Galila Agam, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Consensus guidelines for carers of people with bipolar disorder
  • Dr Seetal Dodd, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
Bipolar disorder presented with postnatal depression and its associated factors among a group of women attending the postnatal clinic, University Malaya Medical Centre- a cross sectional study
  • Dr Ong Hui Koh, University Malaya, Malaysia
Comparative study of personality traits in patients with bipolar I and II disorder from the five-factor model perspective
  • Prof Yeon Ho Joo, Universityy of Ulsan, Korea
The rate and associated factors of dropout of outpatients treatment for bipolar disorders
  • Eunsoo Moon, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
Attachment styles and clinical features of bipolar disorder
  • Dr Sermin Kesebir, Adnan Menders University, Turkey
Mental status of caregiven and treatment adherence: comparison of caregivens of bipolar and schizophrenic patients
  • Dr Sermin Kesebir, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey
A comparison between the bipolar disorders with psychotic symptoms and without psychotic symptoms
  • Dr Sermin Kesebir, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey
Twelve-month prevalence and impact of DSM-IV bipolar disorder in an Australian general population survey
  • Mr Andrew Frankland, University of New South Wales, Australia
Abnormal semantic processing in bipolar manic patients: preliminary study
  • Mr Vin Ryu, Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea
  • Mr Hyun Sang Cho, Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea
Psychoeducation in bipolar disorder. tutors role
  • Fernando Ivanovic-Zuvic, Clinica Psiquiatrica Universitaria, Hospital Clinico, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Premenstrual symptoms and seasonality in women patients with bipolar disorder
  • MA Jihae Noh, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
Abnormal temperament in patients with morbid obesity seeking surgical treatment
  • Dr Benedikt Amann, Research Unit Benito Menni, Spain
Identifying the determinants and early manifestations of bipolar disorder: establishing a “blue print” for early intervention programs
  • Gloria Roberts, University of New South Wales, Australia
Adjunctive lamotrigine therapy for bipolar II depression
  • Dr Jae Seung Chang, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
Actigraph data as a biomarker of affective instability: imparseable but important
  • Assoc Prof Greg Murray, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Brain dysfunction in schizomanic patients versus healthy controls: a fMRI study
  • Benedikt Amann, Research Unit, C.A.S.M., Psychiatric Hospital Benito Menni, CIBERSAM, Spain
Neurotrophin-3 is increased in patients with bipolar disorder on and off medication during manic and depressive episodes
  • Dr Brisa S Fernandes, Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, and INCT for Tra, Brazil
Abnormalities in serum chemokines levels in euthymic patients with Bipolar Disorder
  • Dr Elisa Brietzke, Bipolar Disorder Program and Molecular Psychiatry Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grand, Brazil
Bipolar disorder and body composition: a pilot study using whole body dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans
  • Professor Michael Berk, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Problematic internet use and bipolar disorder symptoms in male adolescents
  • Prof Hee Jeong Yoo, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
Personality disorder comorbidity among outpatients with bipolar disorder: Impact on prognosis and quality of life
  • Selma Ben Nasr, Hospital, Tunisia
Mindfulness in bipolar disorder
  • Ms Tania A Perich, University of NSW, Australia
Two cases of severe depressive mixed states induced with pegylated interferon-alpha plus ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C effectively treated with mood stabilizers
  • Dr Wiktor Drozdz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Brazilian psychiatric barin bank: a new contribution tool to network studie
  • Dr Fabiano G Nery, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil
Abnormal neural oscillation to speech sounds in bipolar disorder
  • Dr Naoya Oribe, Kyushu University, Japan
Activation of signal pathways related to protein translation initiation in the brain of ouabain rat model of mania
  • Dr Se Hyun Kim, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Prevalence of general medical comorbidity in Brazilian outpatients with bipolar disorder
  • Dr Elisa Brietzke, Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil, Brazil
Deficits in working memory and executive functions but not in decision making in euthymic bipolar patients
  • Mr Marcin Jaracz, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Collegium Medicum Bydgoszcz, Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, Poland
Early life stress does not alter global DNA methylation in the striatum of an animal model of mania
  • Dr Flávio Kapczinski, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and National Institute of Science and Technology in Translational Medicine, CNPq, Brazil
Cognitive behavior therapy versus treatment as usual for bipolar youths: a quantitative and qualitative effectiveness trial
  • Dr Eric A Youngstrom, University of North Carolina, United States
The role of benzodiazepines in treatment of acute mania in turkey
  • Ali Bozkurt, Gülhane School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry, Ankara, Turkey
Emotional responsiveness and resilience in bipolar depression
  • MS Ju Young Her, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
Bipolar disorder and physical activity: results from a national survey of Canadians
  • Dr Ayal Schaffer, University of Toronto, Canada
The Collaborative Research Team to study psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder (CREST.BD)
  • Dr Erin E Michalak, University of British Columbia, Canada
Self-management strategies used by high functioning individuals with bipolar disorder: from research to clinical practice
  • Dr Erin E Michalak, University of British Columbia, Canada
The influence of gender on the course of bipolar I disorder: 1 year follow-up study using a mood chart
  • Prof Jeong-Hyun Kim, Seoul National University Bundand Hospital, Korea
The effect of axis I psychiatric comorbidity on treatment response on outpatients with bipolar disorders: two year follow-up study in the naturalistic setting
  • Boseok Cha, Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Korea
Validation of the Combined Emotional and Affective Temperament Scale (CEATS) in a large sample with high risk for mood disorders
  • Gustavo L Ottoni, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
The influence of temperament on subjective sleep patterns
  • Gustavo L Ottoni, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Effects of atypical antipsychotics on neurocognition in euthymic bipolar patients
  • Dr Carla Torrent, University Hospital Clinic. University of Barcelona., Spain
Seasonality of metabolic syndrome in bipolar I disorder
  • Dr Kürşat Altınbaş, Turkey
  • Dr Sinan Gülöksüz, Bakırköy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology & Neurosurgery Raşit Tahsin Mood Disorders Outpatie, Turkey
  • Assoc Prof Dr Timuçin E Oral, Bakirkoy State Hospital, Turkey
Metabolic syndrome prevalence between different temperament profiles in bipolar I disorder
  • Dr Kürşat ALTINBAŞ, Bakırköy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology& Neurosurgery Raşit Tahsin Mood Disorders Outpatien, Turkey
  • Dr Sinan Gülöksüz, Bakırköy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology & Neurosurgery Raşit Tahsin Mood Disorders Outpatie, Turkey
  • Assoc Prof Dr Timuçin E Oral, Bakirkoy State Hospital, Turkey
Does sleep disturbance influence functioning in euthymic bipolar patients
  • Dr Kursat Altinbas, Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery. Rasit Tahsin Mood Disorders Outpatient Unit, Turkey
Correlation between serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 levels in bipolar disorder
  • Dr Brisa S Fernandes, Bipolar Disorders Program, Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, INCT Translational Medicine, Brazil
The Mc-Lean Harvard first episode project: two-year functional recovery in 152 bipolar-I disorder patients
  • Adriane Ribeiro Rosa, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain
Social cognition and Val66Met polymorphism in bipolar disease type I
  • Dr Marcio G Soeiro de Souza, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Antipsychotics in the treatment of hospitalized manic patients in Turkey: retrospective naturalistic one year data
  • Professor Simavi Vahip, Ege University, Turkey
Higher scores on motor impulsivity and lower scores on cooperativeness are associated with history of suicide attempts in Brazilian outpatients with bipolar disorder
  • Karla M Almeida, Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil, Brazil
Investigation of Wnt signaling cascade in the peripheral blood mononuclear cell of bipolar patients
  • Li Wen Hu, Brazil
Impact of impaired recognition of facial emotions on psychosocial functioning in bipolar patients
  • Omer Aydemir, Celal Bayar Uni., Turkey
Social cognition, empathy, and social functioning in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
  • Dr Melissa J Green, University of New South Wales; Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia
Social cognitive endophenotypes in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia?
  • Dr Melissa J Green, Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales., Australia
Efficacy and safety of varenicline for smoking cessation in bipolar depressed patients: an open-label 12-week feasibility trial
  • Mark A Frye, Mayo Clinic, United States
Clinical phenotype and comorbidity of major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder among college students: a web-based community survey
  • Prof Myoung-Sun Roh, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Lifetime prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation, plan, and single and multiple attempts in a nationwide sample of Korea
  • Prof Hong Jin Jeon, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea
The prevalence and clinical features of body dysmorphic disorder in a Korean nursing college student population
  • Dr Chang-Kyu Shin, Kwakhosoon Mental Hospital,, Korea
Pregnant women and men and bipolar disorder; becoming manic after delivery
  • Ms Anja WMM Stevens, Domence, The Netherlands
  • Mr Bart Geerling, Dimence, The Netherlands
MR study of gender and medication effects on fronto-limbic structures of bipolar patients
  • Marcella Bellani, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Texas Health science Center at Houston;, United States
  • Marcella Bellani, University Centre for Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona, Italy
Sequential suicidal attempts of a multiple comorbidity bipolar patient: a case report
  • Dr Valeria B N Souza, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
  • Mr Wagner S Gurgel, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
  • Mr Diego B Rebouças, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
  • Dr Fabio G M Souza, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
Asenapine in bipolar disorder: an overview of clinical trials in the olympia program
  • Dr Roger S McIntyre, University of Toronto, Canada
Oxidative parameters in brain of wistar rats in an animal model of mania induced by ouabain
  • Samira S Valvassori, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Brazil
TNFS10 is differentially expressed in bipolar disorder: results from data mining of 12 microarray studies from the Stanley Foundation
  • Dr Beny Lafer, Bipolar Disorder Research Group (PROMAN), Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil., Brazil
Treatment adherence in first episode mania
  • Dr Linda F Kader, Orygen Youth Health, Australia
Cyclic alternating pattern during sleep in patients with bipolar diosrders
  • Dr Tak Youn, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea
Quality of life improvement with a psychoeducative program for bipolar disorders
  • Dr Claudia Becerra-Palars, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría "Ramón de la Fuente", Mexico
Quality life in patients with bipolar depression treated with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation vs antidepressive medication
  • Dr Claudia Becerra-Palars, Affective Disorders Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría, Mexico
Clock drawing test as a screening test for dementia in bipolar patients
  • Mr Rodolfo B Ladeira, Laboratory of Neuroscience - LIM 27, Institute of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo/SP, Brazil
Cognitive assessment in a crack users population with and without mood disorders: a pilot study
  • Psychol Joana M Narvaez, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Dr Brisa S Fernandes, Bipolar Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Brazil
  • Dr Juliana F Tramontina, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Psychol Natalia S Kapczinski, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Dr Márcia Kauer-Sant'Anna, INCT Translational Medicine, Brazil
  • Dr Flávio P Kapczinski, INCT Translational Medicine, Brazil
Serum levels of proinflammatory and anti-inflamatory cytokines in acute mania and schizophrenia: differences in pro and anti-inflamatory balance
  • Dr Maurício Kunz, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
The BREATH Study: The Brazilian Experimental Algorithms for the Treatment of bipolar disorders in the public Health system
  • Dr Flávio M Shansis, Hospital Psiquiátrico São Pedro, Brazil
Differential effects of adjunctive aripiprazole on the relapse prevention in patients with bipolar disorders
  • Dr Jung Eun Choi, Seoul Metropolitan Eunpyeong Hospital, Korea
The use of mood stabilizers in acute manic patients in Turkey
  • Assoc Prof Dr Timucin Oral, Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Turkey
Late diagnosed Asperger's syndrome with bipolar disorder
  • Dr Serap Oflaz, Turkey
Illness perception of nonattendance patients with bipolar disorder
  • Dr Serap Oflaz, Turkey
Attention deficit and psychopathology in children victims of trauma
  • Joana Bücker, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Dr Márcia Kauer-Sant’Anna, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Family functioning mediate suicide attempts and family quality of life in pediatric bipolar disorder
  • Dr Eric A Youngstrom, University of Norht Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Affects of asenapine on depressive symptoms in patients with bipolar I disorder
  • Dr John Panagides, Schering-Plough, United States
Voxelwise evaluation of white matter volumes in first-episode psychotic bipolar I disorder, unipolar depression and schizophrenia
  • Dr Marcus V Zanetti, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Cognitive function in euthymic bipolar disorder type I subjects
  • Dr Margarita Horta Carrillo, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría "Ramón de la Fuente", Mexico
Neuropsychological and clinical differences in bipolar adolescents with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Dr Miriam Feria, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría "Ramón de la Fuente", Mexico
Portability of the 10-item parent-report general behavior inventory from an academic medical center to a community mental health center
  • Andrew J Freeman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
  • Dr Eric A Youngstrom, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Effects of sodium butyrate and tamoxifen on creatine kinase activity in an animal model of mania
  • João Quevedo, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Brazil
Increased plasma levels of chemokines in bipolar disorder patients in mania
  • Izabela G Barbosa, Laboratory of Immunopharmachology, Institute of Biological Sciences and School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Increased plasma levels of soluble TNF-alpha receptors in bipolar disorder patients
  • Izabela G Barbosa, Laboratory of Immunopharmachology, Institute of Biological Sciences and School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Stigma and functioning in patients with bipolar disorders
  • Dr Gustavo H Vazquez, Universidad de Palermo., Argentina
Brazilian validation of the HCL-32-R1 (the Hypomania Checklist, first revision)
  • Dr Inês Alice T Leão, Federal University São Paulo, Brazil
  • Prof Dr José Alberto Del Porto, Janssen-Cilag Brazil, Brazil
BDNF levels in the rat prefrontal cortex, amygdala and hippocampal CA3 region in an animal model of mania
  • Dr João Quevedo, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Brazil
  • Dr Flávio P Kapczinski, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Translacional em Medicina
Functional neuroimaging and cognitive control process in depressed bipolar youth
  • Dr Rasim S Diler, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, PA, US, United States
Effect of mood stabilizers on behavioral and manic-like symptoms secondary to herpes simplex encephalitis: a case report
  • Dr Mirela P Moreno, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Dr Pedro Gói, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
  • Dr Aroldo A Dargél, Bipolar Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Brazil
  • Dr Flávio P Kapczinski, INCT Translational Medicine, Brazil
  • Dr Márcia Kauer-Sant'Anna, INCT Translational Medicine, Brazil
Clinical features of bipolar disorder in a Chilean specialist outpatient clinic
  • Mr Raul F Sanchez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
The Val66Met polymorphism and bipolar disorder in a Mexican sample
  • Dr Federico A Diaz-Madrid, Hospital Psiquiatrico Fray Bernardino Alvarez, Mexico
Treatment considerations for bipolar disorder with comorbid nicotine dependence
  • Dr Mark A Frye, Mayo Clinic, United States
Mixed depression in bipolar disorder: prevalence rate and clinical correlates during naturalistic follow up
  • Dr Trisha Suppes, Stanford University, United States
The relationship between BMI and normalized brain volumes in first-episode mania patients and age- and gender-matched healthy subjects: prospective 12-month data from the Systematic Treatment Optimization Program for Early Mania (STOP-EM)
  • Dr David J Bond, University of British Columbia, Canada