Temperament in bipolar illness: impact on prognosis.

摘要: Abstract Objective : The present study was designed to investigate the relations between temperament and outcome in bipolar illness. Methods Seventy-two patients presenting with type I disorder were recruited from consecutive admissions evaluated when euthymic. criteria developed by Akiskal Mallya (Criteria for `soft' spectrum: treatment implications. Psychopharmacol. Bull. 1987;23:68–73) used assess both depressive (DT) hyperthymic temperaments (HT) a dimensional approach. Results Multiple regression analysis showed that higher DT score or lower HT significantly associated greater number of episodes. Furthermore, strongly percentage major Conversely, trend manic rather than Suicide attempts appeared more frequent history scores. Conclusions Our findings strengthen hypothesis is one main variables accounting some features clinical evolution such as polarity these are consistent trait-state continuum personality affective