Bipolar disorder and multiple sclerosis

• Autor(a) principal: Ybarra,Mariana Inés
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Moreira,Marcos Aurélio, Araújo,Carolina Reis, Lana-Peixoto,Marco Aurélio, Teixeira,Antonio Lucio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000700016
• topic: multiple sclerosis; bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder may be overrepresented in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Although research in this area is limited, studies assessing the nature of this association have focused on genetic aspects, adverse reaction to drugs and brain demyelinating lesions. Herein we report three patients with MS that also presented bipolar disorder. The coexistence of neurological and psychiatric symptoms in most MS relapses highlights the relevance of biological factors in the emergence of mood disorders in these patients.