Impulsivity, personality and bipolar disorder

There was no difference in impulsivity scores between remitted bipolar disorder patients and healthy subjects.

• Increased impulsivity, Neuroticism, and Psychoticism scores were observed in subsyndromal and syndromal bipolar disorder patients.
• Total impulsivity scores in bipolar disorder patients were primarily predicted by the severity of clinical symptoms.
• Personality dimensions like Psychoticism and Neuroticism also contributed to impulsivity scores in the bipolar disorder group.
• The findings suggest that increased impulsivity may not be a stable trait feature of bipolar disorder.

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