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Perry, Amy 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9381-6636, Gordon-Smith, Katherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4083-1143, Webb, I., Fone, E., Di Florio, A., Craddock, N., Jones, I. and Jones, Lisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5122-8334
(2019)
Postpartum psychosis in bipolar disorder:
no evidence of association with personality
traits, cognitive style or affective
temperaments.
BMC Psychiatry, 19.
Article no. 395.
ISSN 1471-244X
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Abstract
Background: Bipolar disorder has been associated with several personality traits, cognitive styles and affective temperaments. Women who have bipolar disorder are at increased risk of experiencing postpartum psychosis, however little research has investigated these traits and temperaments in relation to postpartum psychosis. The aim of this study is to establish whether aspects of personality, cognitive style and affective temperament that have been associated with bipolar disorder also confer vulnerability to postpartum psychosis over and above their known association with bipolar disorder. Methods: Personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, schizotypy and impulsivity), cognitive styles (low self-esteem and dysfunctional attitudes) and affective temperaments (including cyclothymic and depressive temperaments) were compared between two groups of parous women with DSM-IV bipolar I disorder: i) 284 with a lifetime history of postpartum psychosis within 6 weeks of delivery (PP group), ii) 268 without any history of mood episodes with onset during pregnancy or within 6 months of delivery (no perinatal mood episode, No PME group). Results: After controlling for current mood state, and key demographic, clinical and pregnancy-related variables, there were no statistically significant differences between the PP and No PME groups on any of the personality, cognitive style or affective temperament measures. Conclusions: Personality traits, cognitive styles and affective temperaments previously shown to be associated with bipolar disorder in general were not specifically associated with the occurrence of postpartum psychosis. These factors may not be relevant for predicting risk of postpartum psychosis in women with bipolar disorder.
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| Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: | postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder, personality, cognitive style, temperament |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Allied Health and Community |
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| Copyright Info: | Open access article |
| Depositing User: | Katherine Gordon-Smith |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2019 15:04 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2020 17:33 |
| URI: | https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/8999 |
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