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Impulsivity in Adolescent with Depressive Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

K. Khemakhem
Affiliation:
Hedi chaker Hospital, child psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
J. Boudabous
Affiliation:
Hedi chaker Hospital, child psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
L. Cherif
Affiliation:
Hedi chaker Hospital, child psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
A. Walha
Affiliation:
Hedi chaker Hospital, child psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
Y. Moalla
Affiliation:
Hedi chaker Hospital, child psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
I. Hadjkacem
Affiliation:
Hedi chaker Hospital, child psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
F. Ghribi
Affiliation:
Hedi chaker Hospital, child psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia

Abstract

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Introduction

However, impulsivity is more likely to be present in externalizing disorders, little focus seems to have been made on the research of impulsivity in depression.

Objective

On this study, we sought to investigate impulsivity among adolescent with Depressive disorder compared to a control sample.

Subjects and methods

Employing a matched case-control study, participants included 100 adolescents divided into two groups: 30 adolescents (12 to 17 years) with depressive disorder and a control sample of 70 adolescents. Participants were recruited during a period of 2 years (2015, 2016). Depressive disorder patient were drawn from the consultation unit or inpatient unit of the department of child psychiatry in Sfax, Tunisia. Controls were recruited from two secondary schools and they haven’t depressive symptoms according to the child depression inventory (CDI). Impulsivity was evaluated in the two groups by the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), an instrument designed to measure trait impulsivity.

Results

Adolescents with depressive disorder displayed significantly higher total BIS-11 impulsivity scores than controls (71.6 ± 16 vs 61.6 ± 9; P = 0.003). They scored significantly higher than the controls on motor (P = 0.0001) and attentional impulsivity (P = 0.006). There was no difference in non-planning Impulsivity between the two groups. Motor impulsivity was high in adolescents with history of suicide attempt.

Conclusion

Our findings suggest that trait impulsivity is increased among adolescents with depressive disorder. Impulsivity seems to be a risk factor for suicide attempts, so it that should be systematically evaluated in depressive disorder.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster walk: Child and adolescent psychiatry–part 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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