title: Advances in bipolar disorder: selected sessions from the 2011 International Conference on Bipolar Disorder.
abstract: Recently, the 9(th) International Conference on Bipolar Disorder (ICBD) took place in Pittsburgh, PA, June 9-11, 2011. The conference focused on a number of important issues concerning the diagnosis of bipolar disorders across the life span, advances in neuroscience, treatment strategies for bipolar disorders, early intervention, and medical comorbidity. Several of these topics were discussed in four plenary sessions. This meeting report describes the major points of each of these sessions and included (1) strategies for moving biology forward; (2) bipolar disorder and the forthcoming new DSM-5 nomenclature; (3) management of bipolar disorders-both theory and intervention, with an emphasis on the medical comorbidities; and, (4) a review of several key task force reports commissioned by the International Society for Bipolar Disorder (ISBD).
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. kupferdj@upmc.edu
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kupfer
authors.forename: Jules
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Angst
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berk
authors.forename: Faith
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dickerson
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frangou
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Benjamin I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Fouzia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laghrissi-Thode
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leboyer
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ostacher
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sibille
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Strakowski
authors.forename: Trisha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suppes
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tohen
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Yolken
authors.forename: L Trevor
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Zarate
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers