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Emotion Regulation And Residual Depression Predict Psychosocial Functioning In Bipolar Disorder: Preliminary Study, Rodrigo Becerra, Kate Cruise, Craig Harms, Alfred Allan, Darryl Bassett, Sean Hood, Greg Murray

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This study explores the predictive value of various clinical, neuropsychological, functional, and emotion regulation processes for recovery in Bipolar Disorder. Clinical and demographic information was collected for 27 euthymic or residually depressed BD participants. Seventy one percent of the sample reported some degree of impairment in psychosocial functioning. Both residual depression and problems with emotion regulation were identified as significant predictors of poor psychosocial functioning. In addition, to residual depression, the results of the current study introduce a variable of emotion dysregulation to account for poor psychosocial functioning among BD populations. Improving emotion regulation strategies, in particular, concentration and task …