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Impaired Perception of Affective Prosody in Remitted Patients With Bipolar Disorder

Received June 13, 2006; revised November 24, 2006; accepted December 4, 2006. Drs. Bozikas and Focas are affiliated with the Second Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Drs. Kosmidis and Tonia are affiliated with the Department of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Drs. Andreou and Karavatos are affiliated with the First Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Address correspondence to Dr. Bozikas, 19 Iatrou Magou Street, 58100 Giannitsa, Greece; vpbozikas{at}oneway.gr (e-mail).

Patients with bipolar disorder present deficits in facial emotion perception, both during a manic episode as well as upon recovery. Our goal in the present study was to investigate the ability of remitted patients with bipolar disorder to perceive affective prosody and to explore potential differences in the specific emotions that are troublesome for them. Participants included 19 patients with bipolar disorder I, currently in remission, and 22 healthy comparison subjects, matched on age, education, and gender. An affective prosody test (APT) was administered to all participants. Bipolar patients had significantly lower overall scores on the APT than healthy individuals. This impairment was specific to female patients and certain emotions (e.g., fear and surprise).

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