| Title: |
Thought overactivation as a marker of bipolar disorder |
| Authors: |
Ferrar M.; Ossola P.; Lucarini V.; Accardi V.; De Panfilis C.; Tonna M.; Marchesi C. |
| Contributors: |
Ferrar, M.; Ossola, P.; Lucarini, V.; Accardi, V.; De Panfilis, C.; Tonna, M.; Marchesi, C. |
| Publisher Information: |
ELSEVIER; FRA |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Collection: |
Università di Parma: CINECA IRIS |
| Description: |
Introduction Recent studies have underlined the importance of considering the form of thoughts, beyond their content, in order to achieve a better phenomenological comprehension of mental states in mood disorders. The subjective experience of thought overactivation is an important feature of mood disorders that could help in identifying, among patients with a depressive episode, those who belong to the bipolar spectrum. Objectives Patients with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder (BD) were compared with matched healthy controls (HC) on a scale that evaluates thought overactivation. Aims Validate the Italian version of a scale for thought overactivation (i.e. STOQ) in a sample of bipolar patients. Methods Thirty euthymic BD and 30 HC completed the Subjective Thought Overactivation Questionnaire (STOQ), the Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS), the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and global functioning (VGF). Results The 9-items version of the STOQ has been back translated and its internal consistency in this sample was satisfactory (alpha = .91). Both the brooding subscore of RRS (b-RRS) (r = .706; P < .001) and STOQ (r = .664; P < .001) correlate significantly with depressive symptoms whereas only the first correlate with VGF (r = –.801; P < .001). The two groups did not differed in the b-RRS (HC = 8.41 vs BD = 9.72; P = .21), whereas BD where significantly higher in the STOQ total score (HC = 6.62 vs. BD = 14.9; P = .007). Conclusion Our results, although limited by the small sample size, confirm the validity of the STOQ and suggest that this scale could grasp a feature characteristic of BD, independently from their tendency to ruminate. The latter seems to impact more on global functioning. |
| Document Type: |
conference object |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
ispartofbook:-; the 24rd European Congress of Psychiatry; journal:EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY; https://hdl.handle.net/11381/2855045 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.547 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/11381/2855045; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.547 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9E0489F4 |
| Database: |
BASE |