Personality features of patients with mixed and pure manic episodes.
OBJECTIVE
To test the hypothesis that patients with a mixed manic episode show different personality features than patients with a pure manic episode.


METHODS
Sixteen patients with a mixed manic episode (broad criteria) and 26 patients with a pure manic episode were assessed with diagnostic interviews (SCID I/II) as well as instruments for depression, mania and personality.


RESULTS
Even after controlling for age as well as depression and mania score at assessment, no differences between the two groups emerged concerning either personality features as assessed with the NEO-five-factor inventory (NEO-FFI) or personality disorders.


CONCLUSIONS
We found no difference between patients with mixed mania and patients with pure mania concerning their personality features. Possible reasons for this are being discussed.
University Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany. peter.brieger@medizin.uni-halle.de
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D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales