Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Bipolar Disorder Virtual Issue

Bipolar disorder is among the psychiatric illnesses given high priority in the Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. The present virtual issue presents publications from the Journal from July 2011 through June 2012 (volumes 124 and 125). This selection of articles covers a broad variety of topics such as social cognition and psychosocial functioning, psychopathological predictors, comorbidity and burden of illness, clinical outcome after childhood maltreatment and validity of routine diagnoses, all topics of clinical relevance. More of the articles are commented on by international experts. Altogether the virtual issue presents authors from nine countries and four continents.

Childhood maltreatment and clinical outcomes of bipolar disorder
Daruy-Filho, E. Brietzke, B. Lafer, R. Grassi-Oliveira

Validity of bipolar disorder hospital discharge diagnoses: file review and multiple register linkage in Sweden
C. Sellgren, M. Landén, P. Lichtenstein, C. M. Hultman, N. Långström

Social cognition in euthymic bipolar disorder: systematic review and meta-analytic approach
C. Samamé, D. J. Martino, S. A. Strejilevich

- Editorial comment by Francesc Colom
Social cognition and its potential role in bipolar disorder roughening

Predominant recurrence polarity among 928 adult international bipolar I disorder patients
R. J. Baldessarini, J. Undurraga, G. H. Vázquez et al.

- Editorial comment by Christopher Baethge
Important achievements in the search for psychopathological predictors, but still a long road ahead

Illness burden and medical comorbidity in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder
P. V. Magalhães, F. Kapczinski, A. A. Nierenberg et al.

- Editorial comment by Howard H. Fenn
Treatment of bipolarity + medical comorbidity = costability

Neurocognitive impairment and psychosocial functioning in bipolar II disorder
B. Solé, C. M. Bonnin, C. Torrent et al.