OBJECTIVE: While there is an increasing recognition of the role of subthreshold
symptomatology in bipolar disorder, little attention has been dedicated to its only formally …

Cyclothymic disorder is a subtype of bipolar disorder included in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders since 1980, but largely neglected in research …

Data emerging from both academic centers and from public and private outpatient facilities
indicate that from 20% to 50% of all subjects that seek help for mood, anxiety, impulsive and …

Objective: Recent data, including our own, indicate significant overlap between atypical
depression and bipolar II. Furthermore, the affective fluctuations of patients with these …

Current research is mainly focused on'classical episodic'forms of bipolar disorder (I and II).
Despite its historical roots, cyclothymia is still neglected among the bipolar spectrum …

OBJECTIVE: The relationship between anxiety and impulsivity is controversial and not well
explored. In a previous study we compared impulsivity, measured by different rating tools, in …

Background and Objectives: Emotional dysregulation is central to the problem of the overlap
between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and cyclothymia. The aim of the …

Background: Contrary to DSM-5 definition based on recurrence of low grade hypomanic and
depressive symptoms, cyclothymia is better defined in a neurodevelopmental perspective as …

BACKGROUND: Four subtypes of bipolar disorder (BP)–bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia and
bipolar not otherwise specified (NOS)–are defined in DSM-IV-TR. Though the diagnostic …

Background: Cyclothymic temperament (CT) is a more or less 'permanent'instability of mood,
thinking and activity (behaviour), which is frequent in bipolar disorders. Testing the impact of …