title: Behavioral activation and inhibition system's role in predicting addictive behaviors of patients with bipolar disorder of Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nowadays, prevalence of addictive behaviors among bipolar patients is considered to be a serious health threat by the World Health Organization. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of behavioral activation and inhibition systems in predicting addictive behaviors of male patients with bipolar disorder at the Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research method used in this study is correlation. The study population consisted of 80 male patients with bipolar disorder referring to the psychiatrics clinics of Tehran city in 2014 who were referred to the Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital. To collect data, the international and comprehensive inventory diagnostic interview, behavioral activation and inhibition systems scale, and addictive behaviors scale were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between behavioral activation systems and addictive behaviors (addictive eating, alcohol addiction, television addiction, cigarette addiction, mobile addiction, etc.). In addition, correlation between behavioral inhibition systems and addictive behaviors (addictive eating, alcohol addiction, TV addiction, cigarette addiction, mobile addiction) is significantly negative. Finally, regression analysis showed that behavioral activation and inhibition systems could significantly predict 47% of addictive behaviors in patients with bipolar disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It can be said that the patients with bipolar disorder use substance and addictive behaviors for enjoyment and as pleasure stimulants; they also use substances to suppress unpleasant stimulants and negative emotions. These results indicate that behavioral activation and inhibition systems have an important role in the incidence and exacerbation of addictive behaviors. Therefore, preventive interventions in this direction seem to be necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Salman Farsi University of Kazerun, Kazerun, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Moslem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.affiliation: Young Researchers and Elite Club, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Islamic Azad University of Arak, Arak, Iran.
authors.forename: Zabih
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pirani
authors.affiliation: Student of Psychology, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vatandoust
keywords: Addictive behaviors; behavioral activation; bipolar disorder; inhibition systems