The tridimensional personality questionnaire as a predictor of six-month outcome in first episode mania

The authors administered the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) near hospital discharge to 27 patients with first episode mania. All patients met DSM-III-R criteria for bipolar disorder, manic type, as assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. Associations of (TPQ) sco...

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Published inPsychiatry research Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors Strakowski, Stephen M., Stoll, Andrew L., Tohen, Mauricio, Faedda, Gianni L., Goodwin, Daniel C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.07.1993
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Affective disorder
Arousal
Biological and medical sciences
bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disorder - psychology
Bipolar Disorder - therapy
Cohort Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
novelty seeking
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
prognosis
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Recurrence
Social Adjustment
Techniques and methods
Treatment Outcome
Affective disorder
bipolar disorder
prognosis
novelty seeking
Human
Mood disorder
Personality test
Prognosis
Questionnaire
Follow up study
Mania
Evolution
Psychometrics
Bipolar disorder
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Summary:The authors administered the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) near hospital discharge to 27 patients with first episode mania. All patients met DSM-III-R criteria for bipolar disorder, manic type, as assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. Associations of (TPQ) scores with operationalized outcome variables were analyzed. Outcome variables included syndromic recovery at discharge and at 6 months, syndromic recurrence, and functional recovery. Patients who failed to achieve functional recovery by 6 months had significantly higher Novelty-Seeking dimensional scores at the time of hospital discharge. This association between TPQ scores and short-term outcome suggests that elevated Novelty-Seeking scores may reflect either personality characteristics that impair functional recovery or subclinical manic symptomatology that is not reflected in other symptom measures. The TPQ may provide useful prognostic measures in patients with new onset mania.
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ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/0165-1781(93)90107-R