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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"hypomania"”.
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Hypomania and the Effects of Working Memory Load on Risk-Taking
<p>Hypomania is an episodic mood state that closely resembles mania, and it is characterized by irritability, euphoria, racing thoughts, and impulsivity. The present study focuses on risk-taking, a behavioral manifestation of impulsivity, and the potential working memory mechanisms responsible for …
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The relationship between cognitive inhibition, mental illness, and creativity
… included self-report measures of schizotypy and hypomania, a divergent thinking creativity task, a computerized stimuli-response task, and two self-reports of creative achievement. Correlations were conducted to examine linear relationships, nonlinear regression models were conducted to consider …
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Prevalence of pyschiatric disorders in HIV positive patients at Chilenje Clinic in Lusaka Zambia
… depression, any anxiety disorder and mania/hypomania was 9.2% (n=17), 7% (n=13), 6.5% (n=12) and 2.7% (n=5) respectively. Psychotic symptoms were present in 9.2% (n=17) of which 3.8% (n=7) were psychotic symptoms likely to be attributed to ARVS, 2.7% (n=5) was mood disorder with psychotic …
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Prevalence of pyschiatric disorders in HIV positive patients at Chilenje Clinic in Lusaka Zambia
… depression, any anxiety disorder and mania/hypomania was 9.2% (n=17), 7% (n=13), 6.5% (n=12) and 2.7% (n=5) respectively. Psychotic symptoms were present in 9.2% (n=17) of which 3.8% (n=7) were psychotic symptoms likely to be attributed to ARVS, 2.7% (n=5) was mood disorder with psychotic …
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The Use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-II (MMPI-2) in Pre-employment Evaluations
… (Pa), scale 7 Psychasthenia (Pt), and scale 9 Hypomania (Ma). It examined whether profile differences emerged as a function of suitability across gender, between gender, and within gender. It was hypothesized that overall profile differences would emerge by suitability. Specifically, that …
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ELECTROCORTICAL CHANGES FOLLOWING ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION IN A SAMPLE OF HIGH-BIPOLAR TRAIT INDIVIDUALS
… where individuals oscillate between mania or hypomania, depression, and euthymia. It is closely related to major depressive disorder; however, it is distinguished by periods of increased activity typical of (hypo)manic episodes. During these episodes, people may experience enhanced …
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THE LONG-TERM COURSE OF BIPOLAR SPECTRUM DISORDER: APPLICATIONS OF THE BEHAVIORAL APPROACH SYSTEM (BAS) MODEL
… pre-event BAS state and is likely to lead to hypomania/mania. In contrast, when a vulnerable individual experiences a BAS deactivation-relevant event, the weak regulatory strength of the BAS interacts with pre- event BAS state and is likely to lead to depression. A secondary goal of this study …
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Psychological factors influencing women's postpartum mental health
… method, greater normalising appraisal styles, hypomania-relevant experiences, dampening and emotion-focused rumination strategies were associated with higher levels of (hypo)mania. However, whether these factors significantly predicted higher scores was dependent on whether the Highs scale …
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Examining the Course of Cyclothymic Disorder and Comparing it to Dysthymic Disorder and Other Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in Children
… that cycle between periods of depression and hypomania that do not meet diagnostic criteria for a full episode. Diagnosis of this disorder is complicated given its non-episodic nature and similarity to other disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, it can be …
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“Evaluation and impact of subthreshold contrapolar symptoms during a Major Depressive Episode in unipolar and bipolar patients”
… and clinical relevance of subthreshold hypomania within an MDE regardless of the main diagnosis; the intrinsic inadequacy of the current DSM-5 MFS criteria in describing mixed depressive states; the need for a unitary, dimensional, more descriptive and dynamic approach to affective …
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Computer-Administered Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) and Psychiatric Screening in Outpatient Pain Patients: Effect of a Point-of-Care Biopsychosocial Patient Health Report on Treatment Outcomes
… Impairment, Fatigue, Social Functioning; hypomania history screen; Pain Medication Questionnaire [PMQ; opioid misuse risk]), global HRQoL (PROMIS Mental and Physical Health domains), treatment alliance (Working Alliance Inventory [WAI]; ratings from both patients and providers]), and …
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Safety and Effectiveness of Antidepressants in Medicaid-Enrolled Pediatric Bipolar Depression
… recurrent episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), or mixed episodes with rapid cycling (Findling et al., 2001; Geller et al., 2002). Worldwide prevalence of bipolar disorder was 5% (Tondo et al., 2003), and in the USA was 2.6% in adults and 0-3% …
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Impulsivity and Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disturbance as Interactive Risk Factors for Bipolar Disorder Mood Symptom and Episode Onset: Evidence from an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Study
Impulsivity and sleep and circadian rhythm disturbance are two core features of bipolar disorder that are elevated antecedents to bipolar disorder onset and persist even between mood episodes; their pervasive presence in bipolar disorder suggests that they may be particularly relevant to better …