The emotional intelligence in severe mental disorders: A comparative study in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S330-S331
Author(s):  
E. Chapela ◽  
M. Félix-Alcántara ◽  
J. Quintero ◽  
I. Morales ◽  
J. Gómez-Arnau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Bipolar Patients

IntroductionSevere mental disorders have deficits in different aspects of social cognition, which seem to be more pronounced in patients with schizophrenia compared to those with bipolar disorder. Emotional intelligence, defined as the ability to process, understand and manage emotions, is one of the main components of the sociocognition. Both in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been described changes in emotional intelligence, but only few studies compare both disorders.ObjectivesThe objective of this research is to increase knowledge about the differences between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.AimsTo compare emotional intelligence in patients with schizophrenia versus bipolar patients.MethodsSeventy-five adult patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were evaluate.The assessment protocol consisted of a questionnaire on socio-demographic and clinical-care data, and a battery of assessment scales (BPRS, PANSS, SCID-I-RV, YMRS, HDRS, CGI-S, EEAG, MSCEIT). Among the assessment tools of emotional intelligence, we select MSCEIT as the most validated.Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 23 version. After the descriptive analysis of the data, we compare the results of the scales.ResultsBoth disorders show a deterioration of emotional intelligence compared to the general population. There were no statistically significant differences in the comparison of emotional intelligence between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.ConclusionSchizophrenia and bipolar disorder have deficits in emotional intelligence, while it is difficult to show differences between them. These changes in emotional intelligence are part of a set of cognitive, social and non-social skills, which are altered in these severe mental disorders.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Emotional intelligence in bipolar disorder

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S330-S330
Author(s):  
E. Chapela ◽  
J. Quintero ◽  
M. Félix-Alcántara ◽  
I. Morales ◽  
C. Javier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Type I ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Principal Factors ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Bipolar Patients

IntroductionEmotional intelligence is defined as the ability to process, understand and manage emotions. In bipolar disorder seem to be more conserved, with less functional impairment than other severe mental disorders as schizophrenia. So far, there are few studies analyzing emotional intelligence in bipolar disorder.ObjectiveThe objective of this research is to better understand the different characteristics and the factors affecting these social-cognitive dysfunctions in bipolar disorder.AimsTo explore possible factors related to emotional intelligence in these severe mental disorders: symptoms, cognitive functioning, quality of life and psychosocial function.Material and methodsTwenty-six adults bipolar type I patients were examined using MSCEIT (the most validated test for emotional intelligence), BPRS, YMRS, HDRS, WAIS-IV, TMT and Rey Figure in order to determine the level of emotional intelligence and factors relate.ResultsBipolar patients show lack of emotional intelligence when compared with general population. Cognitive impairment and age are the principal factors related.DiscussionResults are discussed and compared with recent literature.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Relationship between emotional intelligence and neurocognition in severe mental disorders

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S367-S367
Author(s):  
E. Chapela ◽  
I. Morales ◽  
J. Quintero ◽  
M. Félix-Alcántara ◽  
J. Correas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Executive Dysfunction ◽  
Type I ◽  
Neurocognitive Deficits ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders ◽  
Assessment Protocol

IntroductionThe severe mental disorders are the subject of growing research in the area of emotional intelligence because of his relationship with psychosocial functionality loss. Despite treatment advances, patients continue to experience high levels of social, professional and personal disabilities, related to the presence of deficits in cognition. These changes are manifested in two areas: the neurocognitive and social cognition.ObjectivesTo better understand the relationship between neuro- and sociocognition in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.AimsThe aim of this research is to study the factors related to emotional intelligence, with particular interest in neurocognitive deficits.MethodsA total of 75 adult patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder type I were evaluated. The assessment protocol consisted of a questionnaire on socio-demographic and clinical-care data, and a battery of clinical and cognitive scales, including MSCEIT, WAIS-IV, TMT and Rey Figure.ResultsMSCEIT was negatively correlated with age, the severity of the clinical symptoms (BPRS, CGI-S), the TMT-A and the Test of Complex Figure, and positively with the intelligence quotient.ConclusionsThe deficits in emotional intelligence are part of a set of cognitive, social and non-social skills, which are altered in these severe mental disorders. Emotional intelligence worsens with the deterioration of cognitive functioning, executive dysfunction and severity of psychiatric disorder.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

The evolution of emotional intelligence in schizophrenia: A comparative study of two groups at different times of the disorder

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S575-S575
Author(s):  
E. Chapela ◽  
J. Quintero ◽  
I. Morales ◽  
M. Félix-Alcántara ◽  
J. Correas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Neurocognitive Deficits ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Neurocognitive Assessment ◽  
Schizophrenia Group ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Assessment Scales

IntroductionPeople with schizophrenia show changes in the skills related to emotional intelligence, but little is known about the clinical course of these deficits. Few studies have examined the evolution of emotional intelligence in schizophrenia patients.ObjectiveTo increase knowledge about emotional intelligence deficits in schizophrenia and to study its clinical course and factors related, with particular interest in neurocognitive deficits.AimsTo compare emotional intelligence and other clinical and neurocognitive data in patients with schizophrenia in a different moment of evolution.MethodsTwenty-five patients with schizophrenia for up to 5 years of evolution were compared to 24 patients with schizophrenia for more than 5 years of evolution. The assessment protocol consisted of a questionnaire on socio-demographic and clinical-care data, and a battery of assessment scales, including MSCEIT for emotional intelligence.ResultsBoth groups show a deterioration of emotional intelligence. Schizophrenia patients over 5 years of evolution have worse performance in emotional intelligence test that schizophrenic lower evolution. In the schizophrenia group of up to 5 years of evolution, none variables correlate with emotional intelligence. In the schizophrenia group of more than 5 years of evolution, there were moderate negative correlations with the severity of symptoms and depressive symptoms, and moderate correlation of positive sign with functionality, but none of the neurocognitive assessment scales.ConclusionsThere are arguments for the existence of a progressive deterioration of emotional intelligence in schizophrenia. This deficit in emotional intelligence in schizophrenia appears to be present from the first years of the disease.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Comparison of metabolic syndrome between patients with severe mental disorders

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s283-s284
Author(s):  
B. Mata Saenz ◽  
S.L. Romero Guillena ◽  
B.O. Plasencia García de Diego
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Thyroid Dysfunction ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Causes Of Mortality ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Image Position

IntroductionMetabolic alterations are one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity associated with cardiovascular disease in patients with severe mental disorders. Polypharmacy has been shown to increase the risk.ObjectivesTo check the patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder admitted to our unit and their metabolic parameters.AimsTo assess the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction, diabetes and dyslipidemia in patients diagnosed with these disorders admitted to our unit between 2013 and 2014, and compare the results.MethodsWe conducted an epidemiological, observational, retrospective study of patients with these disorders admitted to our unit in this period. Clinical and socio-demographic variables were collected and analyzed by The Statistical Package for Social Science version 19.0.ResultsNo association was detected between treatment with antipsychotics (typical/atypical) and metabolic variables. This may be due to the fact that mostly of patients received a combination treatment of both (Table 1).ConclusionsDyslipidemia and diabetes seem to be more prevalent in patients with schizophrenia in our sample, but thyroid dysfunction is more prevalent in patients with bipolar disorder. However, the two samples are very different so more studies are needed.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.Table 1

Thought overactivation as a marker of bipolar disorder

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s222-s223 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ferrari ◽  
P. Ossola ◽  
V. Lucarini ◽  
V. Accardi ◽  
C. De Panfilis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Bipolar Spectrum ◽  
Global Functioning ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Bipolar Patients

IntroductionRecent 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.ObjectivesPatients with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder (BD) were compared with matched healthy controls (HC) on a scale that evaluates thought overactivation.AimsValidate the Italian version of a scale for thought overactivation (i.e. STOQ) in a sample of bipolar patients.MethodsThirty 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).ResultsThe 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).ConclusionOur 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.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Bipolar disorder and co-occurring cannabis use disorders

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S466-S466
Author(s):  
S. Ben Mustapha ◽  
W. Homri ◽  
L. Jouini ◽  
R. Labbane
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
Family Dynamic ◽  
Long Term Treatment ◽  
Cannabis Use Disorders ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Bipolar Patients ◽  
Psychotic Features

AimsAssess the prevalence of cannabis use disorders (CUD) in patients with bipolar disorder, describe the demographic and clinical profile socio bipolar patients with comorbid addictive and assess the implications of this comorbidity on prognosis and evolution of bipolar disorder.MethodsA case-control study, 100 euthymic patients treated for bipolar disorder, recruited in the department of psychiatry C of Razi hospital. Two groups were individualized by the presence or not of cannabis use disorders comorbidity. The two groups were compared for sociodemographic, clinical, therapeutic and historical characteristics.ResultsThe prevalence of CUD was 27.53% (n = 19) in our sample. Comparing bipolar patients according to the presence or absence of CUD, we found the following results with patients with CUD comorbidity: younger, mostly male, a disturbed family dynamic, low educational level, poor socio-economic conditions, more time abroad history, more suicide attempts in history, more criminal record, more psychiatric family history, an earlier onset of the disease, a longer duration of undiagnosed bipolar disorder, more personality disorder, more frequent presence of a triggering factor for bipolar disorder, more psychotic features during mood episodes, more need of antipsychotic long-term treatment.ConclusionsThe frequency of CUD in BD is higher than the prevalence in the general population and CUD is a factor in the evolution and prognosis of bipolar disorder and promotes the development of mood disorders in predisposed patients.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Initial usability and feasibility evaluation of the SIMPLe Smartphone application to monitor and psychoeducate bipolar patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S122-S122
Author(s):  
D. Hidalgo-Mazzei ◽  
M. Reinares ◽  
A. Mateu ◽  
A. Murru ◽  
C.D.M. Bonnín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Outpatient Mental Health ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Feasibility Evaluation ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Bipolar Patients

BackgroundThe SIMPLe project was designed with the aim of developing a smartphone application (i.e. app) to monitor and psychoeducate subjects with bipolar disorder through highly personalized messages from both passive and active data. The project was based on a face-to-face group program, which has an increasing scientific evidence of its efficacy and cost-effectiveness reducing bipolar disorder relapses.AimsAn initial feasibility study was conducted to evaluate the usability and satisfaction of an Android version of the SIMPLe app 1.0.MethodsThe SIMPLe feasibility study was conducted from March 2015 to June 2015. The participation in the study was offered to a consecutive sample of adult patients diagnosed of bipolar disorder I, II or NOS (not otherwise specified) attending the outpatient mental health clinic of the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain.ResultsThe participation in the study was offered to 72 stable bipolar patients. Forty-three subjects were enrolled in the study. Since the day the patients were enrolled in the study, the rate of completed tests was 0.74 per day and 1.13 per week. Nine emergency alerts were received through the application and notified to the reference patients’ psychiatrists. Ninety-five percent of the initial participants remained actively using the app and no relapses were identified during the 3 months of the study.ConclusionThese preliminary results suggest a high feasibility of the SIMPLE app based on the rates of tasks completed and retention.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Oxytocin-pathway polygenic scores for severe mental disorders and metabolic phenotypes in the UK Biobank

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Winterton ◽  
Francesco Bettella ◽  
Ann-Marie G. de Lange ◽  
Marit Haram ◽  
Nils Eiel Steen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Uk Biobank ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders ◽  
Polygenic Scores ◽  
And Behavior

AbstractOxytocin is a neuromodulator and hormone that is typically associated with social cognition and behavior. In light of its purported effects on social cognition and behavior, research has investigated its potential as a treatment for psychiatric illnesses characterized by social dysfunction, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. While the results of these trials have been mixed, more recent evidence suggests that the oxytocin system is also linked with cardiometabolic conditions for which individuals with severe mental disorders are at a higher risk for developing. To investigate whether the oxytocin system has a pleiotropic effect on the etiology of severe mental illness and cardiometabolic conditions, we explored oxytocin’s role in the shared genetic liability of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, type-2 diabetes, and several phenotypes linked with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes risk using a polygenic pathway-specific approach. Analysis of a large sample with about 480,000 individuals (UK Biobank) revealed statistically significant associations across the range of phenotypes analyzed. By comparing these effects to those of polygenic scores calculated from 100 random gene sets, we also demonstrated the specificity of many of these significant results. Altogether, our results suggest that the shared effect of oxytocin-system dysfunction could help partially explain the co-occurrence of social and cardiometabolic dysfunction in severe mental illnesses.

Post-error adjustment among children aged 7 years with a familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: A population-based cohort study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Birgitte Klee Burton ◽  
Anders Petersen ◽  
Heike Eichele ◽  
Nicoline Hemager ◽  
Katrine S. Spang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Familial High Risk

Abstract The cognitive control system matures gradually with age and shows age-related sex differences. To gain knowledge concerning error adaptation in familial high-risk groups, investigating error adaptation among the offspring of parents with severe mental disorders is important and may contribute to the understanding of cognitive functioning in at-risk individuals. We identified an observational cohort through Danish registries and measured error adaptation using an Eriksen flanker paradigm. We tested 497 7-year-old children with a familial high risk of schizophrenia (N = 192) or bipolar disorder (N = 116) for deficits in error adaptation compared with a control group (N = 189). We investigated whether error adaptation differed between high-risk groups compared with controls and sex differences in the adaptation to errors, irrespective of high-risk status. Overall, children exhibited post-error slowing (PES), but the slowing of responses did not translate to significant improvements in accuracy. No differences were detected between either high-risk group compared with the controls. Boys showed less PES and PES after incongruent trials than girls. Our results suggest that familial high risk of severe mental disorders does not influence error adaptation at this early stage of cognitive control development. Error adaptation behavior at age 7 years shows specific sex differences.

Social functioning and social cognition in bipolar disorder: Is there a connection?

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S336-S336
Author(s):  
V. Maria Iulia ◽  
R.C. Delphine ◽  
H. Audrey ◽  
K. Arthur
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Global Functioning ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Bipolar Patients

IntroductionThe research interest in social cognition in bipolar disorder has increased in a significant way in the last decade showing major impairments, especially in mental state reasoning, even during euthymia (Samamé et al., 2012; Samamé et al., 2015). Social cognitive processes in humans describe the ways individuals draw inferences about other people's beliefs and the ways they weigh social situational factors in making these inferences (Green et al., 2008). A causal relationship between social cognition deficits and global functioning has been already established in schizophrenic populations (Green et al., 2015). But there is still little information regarding the relation between social cognition and social functioning in bipolar disorder.AimsTo review the relationship between general/social functioning and social cognitive impairments in bipolar patients.MethodsA systematic review of literature was conducted. Relevant articles were identified through literature searches in PubMed/Medline, EBSCOHost and Google Scholar databases dating from 2000 to 2015 using the keywords “bipolar”, “social cognition”, “theory of mind”, “mentalizing”, “emotion recognition”, “emotion processing”, “functioning” and “quality of life”.ResultsThe findings of the review will be discussed, regarding the specificity of the thymic state of the patients and the social cognition instruments used.ConclusionsTo the best of our knowledge, the present review is the first to explore specifically the relation between the social cognition deficits and the general/social functioning of bipolar patients. This exploration is of interest for a better comprehension of this disorder to improve the outcome of the patients.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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