title: Impaired perception of affective prosody in remitted patients with bipolar disorder.
abstract: Patients with bipolar disorder present deficits in facial emotion perception, both during a manic episode as well as upon recovery. Our goal in the present study was to investigate the ability of remitted patients with bipolar disorder to perceive affective prosody and to explore potential differences in the specific emotions that are troublesome for them. Participants included 19 patients with bipolar disorder I, currently in remission, and 22 healthy comparison subjects, matched on age, education, and gender. An affective prosody test (APT) was administered to all participants. Bipolar patients had significantly lower overall scores on the APT than healthy individuals. This impairment was specific to female patients and certain emotions (e.g., fear and surprise).
authors: Second Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. vpbozikas@oneway.gr
authors: Vasilis P
authors: VP
authors: Bozikas
authors: Mary H
authors: MH
authors: Kosmidis
authors: Thomy
authors: T
authors: Tonia
authors: Christina
authors: C
authors: Andreou
authors: Kostas
authors: K
authors: Focas
authors: Athanasios
authors: A
authors: Karavatos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D004493:Education; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012919:Social Behavior; D012938:Social Perception