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Emotion regulation in euthymic bipolar patients in Tunisia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

N. Messedi ,
E. Mhiri ,
F. Charfeddine ,
W. Bouattour ,
L. Aribi  and
J. Aloulou
N. Messedi
Affiliation:
Psychiatry (b), Hedi Chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
E. Mhiri*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry (b), Hedi Chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
F. Charfeddine
Affiliation:
Psychiatry (b), Hedi Chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
W. Bouattour
Affiliation:
Psychiatry (b), Hedi Chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
L. Aribi
Affiliation:
Psychiatry (b), Hedi Chaker University hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
J. Aloulou
Affiliation:
Psychiatry (b), Hedi Chaker University hospital, sfax, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Bipolar disorder is presumed to involve difficulties in emotion regulation. However, little is known about the specific emotion regulation profile associated with this disorder.

Objectives

To study emotion regulation in bipolar patients in remission phase and to determine the factors correlated with it.

Methods

A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study of 30 patients followed for bipolar disorder in remission, at the psychiatric outpatient clinic at the Hédi Chaker University Hospital in Sfax. We used a socio-demographic and clinical data sheet and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) which assesses cognitive strategies (maladaptive and adaptive) for regulating emotion.

Results

The mean age of the patients was 43.77 years, the sex ratio was 0.5. Bipolar I disorder was diagnosed in 93% of patients. A good adherence to treatment was found in 86.7% of cases and a good social integration in 40%. The mean total score of the adaptive CERQ was 66.73 and the most used adaptive strategy was acceptation (mean score =13.87), while the mean total score of the maladaptive CERQ was 36.7 and the most used maladaptive strategy was self blame (mean score =9.47). Adaptive cognitive emotion regulation was predominant in 93.3% of patients. It was significantly correlated with good adherence to treatment (p = 0.047) and good social integration (p = 0.026).

Conclusions

Our patients with euthymic bipolar disorder showed a satisfying level of adaptive emotion regulation strategies. A cognitive remediation seems important to embetter this capacity and improve the income of the disease.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

remittedemotionregulationbipolar
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S626
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