TY - JOUR
AU - Eisner, Lori R.
AB - Bipolar disorder (BPD) is one of the most debilitating of psychiatric disorders. To improve intervention efforts, we need to understand the basic mechanisms involved in bipolar disorder. Here, we review evidence that one mechanism underlying bipolar disorder involves disturbed emotional responses. We begin by defining key terms used throughout this chapter. In addition to clinically diagnosable forms of BPD, several scales have been designed to identify people at risk for development of BPD on the basis of subsyndromal symptoms of mania. The General Behavior Inventory and the Hypomanic Personality Scale are two well-validated instruments used in analog studies discussed in this chapter. We consider evidence that BPD is related to emotion disturbances separately for depression, mania, and well periods. Furthermore, there is a widespread assumption that BPD, which is defined by severe mood changes, will involve intense emotions. Beyond the assumption that BPD will be tied to greater emotional responsivity to both positive and negative stimuli, a set of models over the past 30 years have emphasized that BPD is especially associated with greater reactivity to incentive, or rewarding, stimuli. There is surprisingly little research on emotion in BPD. Because of the gaps in emotion research, we review findings from several disparate subfields that provide indirect evidence concerning patterns of emotional disturbance in BPD. We then discuss the available emotion research in the field and, more broadly, studies examining responses to standardized stimuli. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
TI - Emotion and psychopathology: Bridging affective and clinical science.: Emotion and Bipolar Disorder.
DA - 2008-02-11
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/emotion-and-psychopathology-bridging-affective-and-clinical-science-8XX0p4PLNB
DP - DeepDyve
ER -