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Cyclothymic Temperament is Associated with Hopelessness and Suicidality in Patients with Mood Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

G. Giordano ,
M. Innamorati ,
G. Dominici ,
D. Erbuto ,
G. Serafini ,
P. Girardi  and
M. Pompili
G. Giordano
Affiliation:
NESMOS department, Sant'Andrea Hospital Rome, Rome, Italy
M. Innamorati
Affiliation:
NESMOS department, Sant'Andrea Hospital Rome, Rome, Italy
G. Dominici
Affiliation:
NESMOS department, Sant'Andrea Hospital Rome, Rome, Italy
D. Erbuto
Affiliation:
NESMOS department, Sant'Andrea Hospital Rome, Rome, Italy
G. Serafini
Affiliation:
NESMOS department, Sant'Andrea Hospital Rome, Rome, Italy
P. Girardi
Affiliation:
NESMOS department, Sant'Andrea Hospital Rome, Rome, Italy
M. Pompili
Affiliation:
NESMOS department, Sant'Andrea Hospital Rome, Rome, Italy

Abstract

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Background

The aim of the present study was to assess sociodemographic and clinical differences between inpatients with major mood disorders and the cyclothymic phenotype, and pure BDs or MDDs.

Methods

Participants were 281 adult inpatients consecutively admitted to the Department of Psychiatry of the Sant'Andrea University Hospital in Rome, Italy, between January 2008 and June 2010. The patients completed the Hamilton Scale for Depression, the Young Mania Rating Scale, the TEMPS-A, and the Beck Hopelessness Scale.

Results

38.7% of the MDD patients and 48.3% of the BD patients satisfied criteria to be included in the cyclothymic groups. Above 92% of the patients with the cyclothymic phenotype reported suicidal ideation at the item#3 of the HAMD17. Furthermore, patients with the cyclothymic phenotype reported higher hopelessness than other patients.

Conclusions

Our results support the clinical usefulness of the concept of soft bipolar spectrum. Patients with the cyclothymic phenotype differ from pure MDD patients and BD patients for temperamental profile and clinical variables.

Type
Article: 1809
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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