Observational studyRevista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)
An evolutionary approach to mania studying Sardinian immigrants to Argentina.
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- Is a Genetic Variant associated with Bipolar Disorder Frequent in People without Bipolar Disorder but with Characteristics of Hyperactivity and Novelty Seeking?Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2023Article
- Usefulness of salivary sampling for the molecular detection of a genetic variant associated with bipolar disorders.Journal of public health research · 2023Article
- Can an Investigation of a Single Gene be Effective in Differentiating Certain Features of the Bipolar Disorder Profile?Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2021Article
- A Follow-Up on Psychiatric Symptoms and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in Tuareg Refugees in Burkina Faso.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
- Towards an Evolutionary View of Bipolar Disorders.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2018Article
- Coping with the New Era: Noise and Light Pollution, Hperactivity and Steroid Hormones. Towards an Evolutionary View of Bipolar Disorders.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2018Review
- Genetic Variants Involved in Bipolar Disorder, a Rough Road Ahead.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2018Article
- The Elderly and the City: Lack of Knowledge on Violence Perception and Consequences on Daily Life.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2018Review
- Depression in Sardinian immigrants in Argentina and residents in Sardinia at the time of the Argentinian default (2001) and the Great Recession in Italy (2015).BMC psychiatry · 2017Observational
- Megacities, migration and an evolutionary approach to bipolar disorder: a study of Sardinian immigrants in Latin America.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)Article
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Abstract
objective: To ascertain lifetime prevalence of positivity to a screening questionnaire for bipolar disorders (BD) in Sardinian immigrants to Argentina and residents of Sardinia and assess whether such positivity affects quality of life (QoL) in either group. Our hypothesis is that screen positivity for BD may be more frequent in immigrants.
methods: Observational study. Subjects were randomly selected from the membership lists of associations of Sardinian immigrants in Argentina. A study carried out in Sardinia using the same methodology was used for comparison. The Mood Disorder Questionnaire was used to screen for mania/hypomania and the Short-Form Health Survey-12 to measure QoL.
results: A higher prevalence of manic/hypomanic episodes was found in Sardinian immigrants to Argentina (p < 0.0001; odds ratio = 3.0, 95% confidence interval 1.87-4.77). Positivity at screening was associated with a lower QoL both in Sardinian immigrants to Argentina and in residents of Sardinia.
conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to show a higher lifetime prevalence of manic/hypomanic episodes in a general-population sample of individuals who migrated to a foreign country. Our results are in agreement with the hypothesis that hyperactive/novelty-seeking features may represent an adaptive substrate in certain conditions of social change.
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