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Primary affective disorder: Anxiety in unipolar and bipolar depressed groups
Author(s) -
Donnelly Edward F.,
Murphy Dennis L.,
Goodwin Frederick K.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197807)34:3<621::aid-jclp2270340307>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , anxiety , bipolar disorder , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , denial , psychiatry , personality , psychotherapist , mood , psychoanalysis , economics , macroeconomics
A group of 50 patients (29 bipolar and 21 unipolar) hospitalized for depression were compared on the IPAT Anxiety Scale. The bipolar depressed group reported significantly less anxiety than the unipolar group. This finding supports the results of other studies that reported relatively less psychopathology in bipolar groups during the acute depressive state. It is suggested that test‐taking defensiveness, especially denial, might account for relatively lower anxiety and MMPI scores in bipolar groups.