An overactive mind: Investigating racing thoughts in ADHD, hypomania and comorbid ADHD and bipolar disorder via verbal fluency tasks

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 300; pp. 226 - 234
• Main Authors: Martz, Emilie, Weibel, Sébastien, Weiner, Luisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - complications; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology; Bipolar Disorder - complications; Bipolar Disorder - epidemiology; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Cognitive science; Humans; Mania; Psychiatric/Mental Health; Psychology; Psychomotor Agitation; Speech

•Process-oriented verbal fluency measures capture racing thoughts in ADHD and BD.•Increased switches are involved in racing thoughts irrespective of BD diagnosis.•Increased switches are subtended by semantic overactivation.•Increased sound-based associations are characteristic of hypomanic speech.•T...