Medical and substance-related comorbidity in bipolar disorder: translational research and treatment opportunities |
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Authors: | McIntyre Roger S Nguyen Ha T Soczynska Joanna K Lourenco Maria Teresa C Woldeyohannes Hanna O Konarski Jakub Z |
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Institution: | Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. roger.mcintyre@uhn.on.ca |
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Abstract: | It is well established that individuals with bipolar disorder are differentially affected by substance-related as well as medical disorders (ie, cardiometabolic disorders, respiratory disorders, neurological disorders, and infectious diseases). Emerging evidence indicates that some comorbid conditions (eg, diabetes mellitus) in bipolar individuals may be subserved by overlapping neurobiological networks. Disturbances in glucocorticoid/insulin signaling and immunoinflammatory effector systems are points of pathophysiological commonality between bipolar disorder and "stress-sensitive" medical disorders. Subphenotyping bipolar disorder as a function of comorbidity and temporality of onset may provide an opportunity for refining disease pathophysiological models and developing innovative disease-modifying therapies. |
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Keywords: | medical comorbidity substance use comorbidity bipolar disorder diabetes mellitus |
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