RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM INFLAMMATORY FACTORS AND CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, DEPRESSIVE DISORDER OR BIPOLAR DISORDER

Background: According to a concept of continuum of psychosis, it is postulated that
schizophrenia, depressive disorder and bipolar disorder represent different clinical
presentations of a common pathophysiological mechanism. Recent studies have proven
increased serum concentrations of inflammatory markers in patients with schizophrenia,
depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. Clinical presentati…