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The characteristics of psychotic features in bipolar disorder
- Annet H. van Bergen, Sanne Verkooijen, Annabel Vreeker, Lucija Abramovic, Manon H. Hillegers, Annet T. Spijker, Erik Hoencamp, Eline J. Regeer, Stefan E. Knapen, Rixt F. Riemersma-van der Lek, Robert Schoevers, Anja W. Stevens, Peter F.J Schulte, Ronald Vonk, Rocco Hoekstra, Nico J. van Beveren, Ralph W. Kupka, Iris E.C. Sommer, Roel A. Ophoff, René S. Kahn, Marco P.M. Boks
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- Psychological Medicine / Volume 49 / Issue 12 / September 2019
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- 10 October 2018, pp. 2036-2048
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Background
In a large and comprehensively assessed sample of patients with bipolar disorder type I (BDI), we investigated the prevalence of psychotic features and their relationship with life course, demographic, clinical, and cognitive characteristics. We hypothesized that groups of psychotic symptoms (Schneiderian, mood incongruent, thought disorder, delusions, and hallucinations) have distinct relations to risk factors.
MethodsIn a cross-sectional study of 1342 BDI patients, comprehensive demographical and clinical characteristics were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I) interview. In addition, levels of childhood maltreatment and intelligence quotient (IQ) were assessed. The relationships between these characteristics and psychotic symptoms were analyzed using multiple general linear models.
ResultsA lifetime history of psychotic symptoms was present in 73.8% of BDI patients and included delusions in 68.9% of patients and hallucinations in 42.6%. Patients with psychotic symptoms showed a significant younger age of disease onset (β = −0.09, t = −3.38, p = 0.001) and a higher number of hospitalizations for manic episodes (F11 338 = 56.53, p < 0.001). Total IQ was comparable between groups. Patients with hallucinations had significant higher levels of childhood maltreatment (β = 0.09, t = 3.04, p = 0.002).
ConclusionsIn this large cohort of BDI patients, the vast majority of patients had experienced psychotic symptoms. Psychotic symptoms in BDI were associated with an earlier disease onset and more frequent hospitalizations particularly for manic episodes. The study emphasizes the strength of the relation between childhood maltreatment and hallucinations but did not identify distinct subgroups based on psychotic features and instead reported of a large heterogeneity of psychotic symptoms in BD.
High educational performance is a distinctive feature of bipolar disorder: a study on cognition in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia patients, relatives and controls
- A. Vreeker, M. P. M. Boks, L. Abramovic, S. Verkooijen, A. H. van Bergen, M. H. J. Hillegers, A. T. Spijker, E. Hoencamp, E. J. Regeer, R. F. Riemersma-Van der Lek, A. W. M. M. Stevens, P. F. J. Schulte, R. Vonk, R. Hoekstra, N. J. M. van Beveren, R. W. Kupka, R. M. Brouwer, C. E. Bearden, J. H. MacCabe, R. A. Ophoff, GROUP Investigators
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- Psychological Medicine / Volume 46 / Issue 4 / March 2016
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- 01 December 2015, pp. 807-818
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Background
Schizophrenia is associated with lower intelligence and poor educational performance relative to the general population. This is, to a lesser degree, also found in first-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients. It is unclear whether bipolar disorder I (BD-I) patients and their relatives have similar lower intellectual and educational performance as that observed in schizophrenia.
MethodThis cross-sectional study investigated intelligence and educational performance in two outpatient samples [494 BD-I patients, 952 schizophrenia spectrum (SCZ) patients], 2231 relatives of BD-I and SCZ patients, 1104 healthy controls and 100 control siblings. Mixed-effects and regression models were used to compare groups on intelligence and educational performance.
ResultsBD-I patients were more likely to have completed the highest level of education (odds ratio 1.88, 95% confidence interval 1.66–2.70) despite having a lower IQ compared to controls (β = −9.09, s.e. = 1.27, p < 0.001). In contrast, SCZ patients showed both a lower IQ (β = −15.31, s.e. = 0.86, p < 0.001) and lower educational levels compared to controls. Siblings of both patient groups had significantly lower IQ than control siblings, but did not differ on educational performance. IQ scores did not differ between BD-I parents and SCZ parents, but BD-I parents had completed higher educational levels.
ConclusionsAlthough BD-I patients had a lower IQ than controls, they were more likely to have completed the highest level of education. This contrasts with SCZ patients, who showed both intellectual and educational deficits compared to healthy controls. Since relatives of BD-I patients did not demonstrate superior educational performance, our data suggest that high educational performance may be a distinctive feature of bipolar disorder patients.