Hypnotic susceptibility and affective states in bipolar I and II disorders

• Published in: BMC psychiatry Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 362 - 6
• Main Authors: Zhang, Bingren, Wang, Jiawei, Zhu, Qisha, Ma, Guorong, Shen, Chanchan, Fan, Hongying, Wang, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 09.11.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Bipolar disorder; Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Bipolar Disorder - therapy; Bipolar I and II disorders; Checklist; Cyclothymic Disorder - diagnosis; Cyclothymic Disorder - psychology; Cyclothymic Disorder - therapy; Depression; Diagnosis; Female; Hallucinations - diagnosis; Hallucinations - psychology; Hallucinations - therapy; Humans; Hypnosis - methods; Hypnotic susceptibility; Hypomania; Male; Mania; Mood Disorders - diagnosis; Mood Disorders - psychology; Mood Disorders - therapy; Questionnaires; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; Mania; Depression; Bipolar I and II disorders; Hypomania; Hypnotic susceptibility

Highly hypnotizable individuals have impaired executive function, elevated motor impulsivity and increased emotional sensitivity, which are sometimes found in bipolar disorder patients. It is then reasonable to assume that certain aspects of hypnotic susceptibility differ with the types of bipolar d...