@article{ref1,
title="Impulsivity as a risk factor for suicide in bipolar disorder",
journal="Frontiers in psychiatry",
year="2021",
author="Zakowicz, Przemysław and Skibińska, Maria and Wasicka-Przewoźna, Karolina and Skulimowski, Bartosz and Waśniewski, Filip and Chorzepa, Aneta and Różański, Maciej and Twarowska-Hauser, Joanna and Pawlak, Joanna",
volume="12",
number="",
pages="e706933-e706933",
abstract="The accurate assessment of suicide risk in psychiatric, especially affective disorder diagnosed patients, remains a crucial clinical need. In this study, we applied temperament and character inventory (TCI), Barratt impulsiveness scale 11 (BIS-11), PEBL simple reaction time (SRT) test, continuous performance task (CPT), and Iowa gambling task (IGT) to seek for variables linked with attempted suicide in bipolar affective disorder group (n = 60; attempters n = 17). The main findings were: strong correlations between self-report tool scores and objective parameters in CPT; the difference between attempters and non-attempters was found in the number of correctly responded trials in IGT; only one parameter differed between attempters and non-attempters in BPI diagnosis; and no significant differences between suicide attempters and non-attempters in TCI, BIS-11, and SRT were found. These justify the conclusion that impulsivity itself is not a strong predictor, and used as a single variable might not be sufficient to indicate the high suicide risk group among bipolar patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-0640",
doi="10.3389/fpsyt.2021.706933",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.706933"
}