Association between childhood maltreatment and the clinical course of bipolar disorders: A survival analysis of mood recurrences.
Diane Grillault LarocheOphélia GodinRaoul BelzeauxKatia M'BailaraJoséphine LoftusPhilippe CourtetCaroline DubertretEmmanuel HaffenPierre Michel LlorcaEmilie OlieChristine PasserieuxMircea PolosanRaymund Schwannull nullMarion LeboyerFrank BellivierCynthia Marie-ClaireBruno EtainPublished in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica (2022)
In addition to typical predictors of mood recurrences, an exposure to multiple/severe forms of childhood maltreatment, and more specifically to moderate to severe physical abuse, may increase the risk for a mood recurrence in BD. This leads to the recommendations of more scrutiny and denser follow-up of the individuals having been exposed to such early-life stressors.