Renato de Filippis, Andrea Aguglia, Alessandra Costanza, Beatrice Benatti, Valeria Placenti, Eleonora Vai, Edoardo Bruno, Domenico De Berardis, Bernardo Dell'Osso, Umberto Albert, Pasquale De Fazio, Mario Amore, Gianluca Serafini, Nassir S Ghaemi, Andrea Amerio
BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder (BD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidity is an emerging condition in psychiatry, with relevant nosological, clinical, and therapeutic implications. METHODS: We updated our previous systematic review on epidemiology and standard diagnostic validators (including phenomenology, course of illness, heredity, biological markers, and treatment response) of BD-OCD. Relevant papers published until (and including) 15 October 2023 were identified by searching the electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, PsychINFO, and Cochrane Library, according to the PRISMA statement (PROSPERO registration number, CRD42021267685)...
February 21, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine