Evaluating psychological distress associated with life events under the traumatic experience threshold in patients with major depressive and bipolar disorder.

ABSTRACT: Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) experience psychological distress associated with daily events that do not meet the threshold for traumatic experiences, referred to as event-related psychological distress (ERPD). Recently, we developed an assessment tool for ERPD, the ERPD-24. This tool considers four factors of ERPD: feelings of revenge, rumination, self-denial, and mental paralysis. We conducted a cross-sectional study between March 2021 and October 2022 to identify the differences and clinical features of ERPD among patients with MDD and BD and healthy subjects who did not experience traumatic events. Specifically, we assessed ERPD using the ERPD-24 and anxiety-related symptoms with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale

SUBMITTER: Ishii H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11250807 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature