%0 Journal Article
%T Impulsivity in adolescents with major depressive disorder: a comparative Tunisian study
%J Asian journal of psychiatry
%D 2017
%A Khemakhem, Khaoula
%A Boudabous, Jaweher
%A Cherif, Leila
%A Ayadi, Hela
%A Walha, Adel
%A Moalla, Yousr
%A Hadjkacem, Imen
%A Ghribi, Farhat
%V 28
%N
%P 183-185
%X BACKGROUND: The association between impulsivity and depressive disorders in adolescence has been little studied at the literature and in our country, yet impulsivity is a major risk factor for suicide. Thus we aimed on this study to evaluate impulsivity in 25 adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder MDD compared to a control sample and to analyze the correlations between impulsivity and clinical features of MDD.
METHODS: Employing a matched case-control design, participants included 25 adolescents with MDD and 75 controls. We have administered the Barratt Impulsivity Scale BIS-11 for the two groups to evaluate impulsivity. Semi structured interviews according DSM 5 criteria were conducted for adolescents with MDD. The Child Depressive Inventory CDI was used to measure depressive symptoms in the control sample.
RESULTS: Adolescents with MDD were more impulsive compared to controls according to the BIS-11 in its three domains: motor (24.96±6.26 against 20.6±4.84; p=0.000), attentional (20.88±5.03 against 16.64±3.2; p=0.000) and non planning (28.2±7.26 against 24.44±4.32; p=0.02). Impulsivity was not correlated with clinical features of MDD (suicide attempts, psychiatric comorbidities, antidepressant medication …).
CONCLUSION: Adolescents with MDD seem to be more impulsive than control subjects regardless their clinical features. Whether it is a specific characteristic or a symptom among others of MDD, impulsivity predicts health-related behaviors and associated damage that need to be detected and prevented in time.
Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Language: en
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1876-2018
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.06.002