CESANA B. M.

Bone quantity and quality are considered the main predictors of bone mechanical properties (i.e., strength and fracture resistance). These factors deal with the morphology and chemical composition of bone and can be assessed by non-invasive techniques such as dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), providing the bone mineral density (BMD) and...

Aim: The aim of the present study was to detect factors associated with duration of untreated illness (DUI) in bipolar disorder (BD). Method: A total of 1575 patients were selected for the purposes of the study. Correlation analyses were performed to analyse the relation between DUI and quantitative variables. The length of DUI was compared...

The purpose of the present study was to detect demographic and clinical factors associated with lifetime suicide attempts in Bipolar Disorder (BD). A total of 1673 bipolar patients from different psychiatric departments were compared according to the lifetime presence of suicide attempts on demographic/clinical variables. Owing to the large...