Emotional intelligence: a comparison between patients after first episode mania and those suffering from chronic bipolar disorder type I.

Cristina VaroSilvia AmorettiGiulio SparacinoEsther JiménezBrisa SoléCaterina Del Mar BonninLaura MontejoMaria SerraCarla TorrentEstela SalagreAntoni BenabarrePilar Salgado-PinedaIrene Montoro SalvatierraPilar A SáizMaría Paz García-PortillaVanessa Sánchez-GistauEdith Pomarol-ClotetJosep Antoni Ramos-QuirogaIsabella PacchiarottiClemente Garcia-RizoJuan UndurragaMaría ReinaresAnabel Martinez-AranEduard VietaNorma Verdolini

Published in: Psychological medicine (2022)

Patients after a FEM showed preserved EI, while patients in later stages of BD presented lower EIQ, suggesting that impairments in EI might result from the burden of disease and neurocognitive decline, associated with the chronicity of the illness.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
bipolar disorder
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
major depressive disorder