The journal is oriented to the study of mental illnesses, their pathological processes, and their psychosocial consequences and aims to disseminate scientific advances in all fields related to illness and mental health. It accepts unpublished works on psychiatry and mental health, and its medical and social repercussions. For this reason, space is provided in the journal for research in the biological, clinical and psychosocial fields.
Before being accepted, external reviewers peer-review evaluate manuscripts. Modifiable lifestyle behaviors are important factors for improving mental health, yet there has been a lack of research studying lifestyle as a multidimensional construct in bipolar disorder BD. The SMILE scale assesses lifestyle across seven domains: diet and nutrition, substance abuse, physical activity, stress management, restorative sleep, social support, and environmental exposures.
Between-groups comparisons were performed based on the presence of a psychiatric diagnosis and the type of BD episode.. Findings from this study highlight the presence of unhealthy lifestyle patterns in people with BD regardless of the polarity of their mood episode.
Implementation of multidimensional lifestyle assessments is an essential step toward detecting the clustering of unhealthy lifestyle patterns in BD.. There is growing interest in the field of Lifestyle Medicine LM , an area of medicine that focuses on improving everyday lifestyle behaviors using evidence-based strategies in order to prevent and intervene on the progression of chronic physical and mental health challenges.
However, the fast-growing area of LP suggests a multidimensional focus on lifestyle behaviors for achieving a significant improvement of mental health outcomes. There is evidence showing the close association of symptoms and clinical outcomes of BD with unhealthy behaviors.
