Hypothesis of an infectious etiology in bipolar disorder

Robert H. Yolken; E. Fuller Torrey

Hypothesis of an infectious etiology in bipolar disorder

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Abstract

Until recently, the possibility of viruses or other infectious agents being involved in the etiology of bipolar disorder had not been seriously considered. For example, in their 782 page Manic-Depressive Illness, published in 1990, Goodwin and Jamison (1) covered viral factors in two pages, almost all of which was devoted to viral factors in unipolar depression, not bipolar disorder. A major reason for the neglect of a possible viral etiology of bipolar disorder has been the widespread assumption that it is predominantly or exclusively genetic in origin.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Bipolar Disorders
Subtitle of host publication	Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications, Second Edition
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	209-219
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781420021158
ISBN (Print)	9780849398971
State	Published - Jan 1 2007

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine
General Neuroscience

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