@article{Reddy_2020, title={Evaluation of Clinical Pro?le of Bipolar and Unipolar Depression Patients- A Clinical Study}, volume={9}, url={http://aijournals.com/index.php/ajmr/article/view/1851}, DOI={10.47009/ajmr.2020.9.4.PY1}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background: </strong>The present study was conducted to assess the clinical profile of unipolar and bipolar depressive patients. <strong>Subjects &amp; Methods: </strong>74 patients diagnosed with unipolar (40) and bipolar (34) depressive disorders were selected. Depressive cognitions, catatonic features, suicidal thoughts, anhedonia, pseudodementia, dissociative features, panic attacks, delusions, first-rank symptoms, auditory hallucinations, and affective reactivity were recorded. <strong>Results: </strong>Out of 74 patients, males were 32 and females were 42. Age of onset was 32.2 years in group I and 20.4 years in group II, total duration was 12.4 years in group I and 16.2 years in group II, the number of episodes was 3.4 and 7.1 in group II, the number of hospitalizations was 2.8 in group I and 5.2 in group II, suicidal thoughts were seen in 21 in group I and 24 in group II, anhedonia 10 in group I and 23 in group II, psuedodementia 7 in group I and 13 in group II, dissociative features were seen in 11 in group I and 27 in group II, delusions 4 in group I and 8 in group II, panic symptoms 10 in group I and 18 in group II and auditory hallucination 7 in group I and 18 in group II. The difference was significant (P&lt; 0.05). <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Authors found that common clinical features were suicidal thoughts, dissociative features, and anhedonia.</p&gt;}, number={4}, journal={Asian Journal of Medical Research}, author={Reddy, Musuku Srikanth}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={1-4} }