title: [Personality and triggering life events in the affective psychoses].
abstract: 60 bipolar patients and 30 patients with recurrent major depression, both fulfilling DSM-III criteria, were studied in terms of sociodemographic profile, personal and family antecedents, clinical psychopathology, personality type and triggers of the first episodes. We found a greater frequency in the bipolar group of personality disorders of the hypomanic, cyclothymic and sociopathic types; the melancholic-anancastic being more associated with unipolar depression. The bipolar patients in our study had a higher socioeconomical and cultural level compared with the unipolar patients. More than 50% of the depressive episodes of each group had unfavourable life event triggers; 45% of the manic episodes also had previous unfavourable life events; 44% of the patients of this later group, exhibited a previous hypomanic, sociopathic or cyclothymic personality.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Chinchilla
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Viñas
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Moreno
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Sánchez
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Carrasco
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Cebollada
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Vega
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Jordá
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Camarero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Personalidad y acontecimientos vitales desencadenantes en las psicosis afectivas.