Anger and cluster B personality traits and the conversion from unipolar depression to bipolar disorder.

Rahele Mesbah Nienke J de Bles Nathaly Rius Ottenheim A J Willem van der Does Brenda W J H Penninx Albert M van Hemert Max de Leeuw Eric J Giltay Manja A Koenders

Published in: Depression and anxiety (2021)

Anger is a risk factor for conversion from unipolar depression to BD. In addition, patients who converted to BD showed on average more anger, agitation and irritability than people with a history of unipolar depression who had not converted.

Keyphrases

bipolar disorder
depressive symptoms
sleep quality
major depressive disorder