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Are affective temperaments determinants of quality of life in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder?
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Apr 2018
Costa Julio, García-Blanco Ana, Cañada Yolanda, García-Portilla María P, Safont Gemma, Arranz Belén, Sanchez-Autet Mónica, Livianos Lorenzo, Fornés-Ferrer Victoria, Sierra Pilar
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BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a disabling illness that is associated with low quality of life (QoL). This low QoL goes further than mood episodes, which suggests that stable traits, such as affective temperaments, can cause functional impairment. OBJECTIVE: Our study analyses the impact of affective temperaments on the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) of QoL in euthymic...
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