Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine

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Samame, Cecilia; Godoy, Antonella; Smith, José; Camino, Sebastián; Oppel, Melany; Sobrero, Martina; López Escalona, Lautaro; Strejilevich, Sergio
Año de publicación
2022
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Introduction: During 2020, measures to contain the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) included social confinement, with the consequent interruption of normal activities. In Argentina, particularly, the confinement was one of the longest and strictest in the world. Within this context, the current study was aimed at exploring changes in illness severity among bipolar disorder (BD) patients living under strict lockdown. Method: Ninety BD outpatients under naturalistic conditions were followed from March (when the lockdown measures were imposed in our country) to September 2020. Thirteen variables of illness severity were assessed during this period, which were compared with the results obtained during the same 28-week period of the previous year (i.e., from March to September 2019). Results: No significant differences were observed between periods in the rate of patients that remained euthymic during the entire follow-up (28.9% before the pandemic versus 41.1% during the pandemic, p = 0.09). For most variables, no significant differences were observed. A small decrease was found in depressive episode density (from 0.39 ± 0.74 to 0.22 ± 0.63, p = 0.003). Symptom and episode density during the pre-pandemic period and the number of previous depressive episodes at study entry predicted worse outcomes during the pandemic. Conclusion: Findings from a large sample of BD individuals indicate that illness severity variables have not worsened as a result of the lockdown. In addition, our findings suggest an important degree of positive coping among BD patients and emphasize the effectiveness of telepsychiatry in treating this clinical population.
Fil: Samame, Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi; Argentina
Fil: Godoy, Antonella. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Smith, José. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Camino, Sebastián. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Oppel, Melany. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Sobrero, Martina. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: López Escalona, Lautaro. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Strejilevich, Sergio. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
24th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders
Estados Unidos
International Society for Bipolar Disorders
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Bipolar disorders
Pandemic
Mental health
Mood instability
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spelling Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantineSamame, CeciliaGodoy, AntonellaSmith, JoséCamino, SebastiánOppel, MelanySobrero, MartinaLópez Escalona, LautaroStrejilevich, SergioBipolar disordersPandemicMental healthMood instabilityhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Introduction: During 2020, measures to contain the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) included social confinement, with the consequent interruption of normal activities. In Argentina, particularly, the confinement was one of the longest and strictest in the world. Within this context, the current study was aimed at exploring changes in illness severity among bipolar disorder (BD) patients living under strict lockdown. Method: Ninety BD outpatients under naturalistic conditions were followed from March (when the lockdown measures were imposed in our country) to September 2020. Thirteen variables of illness severity were assessed during this period, which were compared with the results obtained during the same 28-week period of the previous year (i.e., from March to September 2019). Results: No significant differences were observed between periods in the rate of patients that remained euthymic during the entire follow-up (28.9% before the pandemic versus 41.1% during the pandemic, p = 0.09). For most variables, no significant differences were observed. A small decrease was found in depressive episode density (from 0.39 ± 0.74 to 0.22 ± 0.63, p = 0.003). Symptom and episode density during the pre-pandemic period and the number of previous depressive episodes at study entry predicted worse outcomes during the pandemic. Conclusion: Findings from a large sample of BD individuals indicate that illness severity variables have not worsened as a result of the lockdown. In addition, our findings suggest an important degree of positive coping among BD patients and emphasize the effectiveness of telepsychiatry in treating this clinical population.Fil: Samame, Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi; ArgentinaFil: Godoy, Antonella. Universidad Favaloro; ArgentinaFil: Smith, José. Universidad Favaloro; ArgentinaFil: Camino, Sebastián. Universidad Favaloro; ArgentinaFil: Oppel, Melany. Universidad Favaloro; ArgentinaFil: Sobrero, Martina. Universidad Favaloro; ArgentinaFil: López Escalona, Lautaro. Universidad Favaloro; ArgentinaFil: Strejilevich, Sergio. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina24th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar DisordersEstados UnidosInternational Society for Bipolar DisordersWiley2022info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectConferenciaJournalhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794info:ar-repo/semantics/documentoDeConferenciaapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/218335Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine; 24th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders; Estados Unidos; 2022; 53-531398-56471399-5618CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13995618/2022/24/S1info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bdi.13234Internacionalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:56:56Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/218335instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:56:57.187CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine
title Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine
spellingShingle Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine
Samame, Cecilia
Bipolar disorders
Pandemic
Mental health
Mood instability
title_short Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine
title_full Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine
title_fullStr Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine
title_full_unstemmed Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine
title_sort Changes in mood instability, episode and symptom density among bipolar patients living under strict lockdown: insights from a third-world country with a never-ending quarantine
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Samame, Cecilia
Godoy, Antonella
Smith, José
Camino, Sebastián
Oppel, Melany
Sobrero, Martina
López Escalona, Lautaro
Strejilevich, Sergio
author Samame, Cecilia
author_facet Samame, Cecilia
Godoy, Antonella
Smith, José
Camino, Sebastián
Oppel, Melany
Sobrero, Martina
López Escalona, Lautaro
Strejilevich, Sergio
author_role author
author2 Godoy, Antonella
Smith, José
Camino, Sebastián
Oppel, Melany
Sobrero, Martina
López Escalona, Lautaro
Strejilevich, Sergio
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bipolar disorders
Pandemic
Mental health
Mood instability
topic Bipolar disorders
Pandemic
Mental health
Mood instability
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Introduction: During 2020, measures to contain the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) included social confinement, with the consequent interruption of normal activities. In Argentina, particularly, the confinement was one of the longest and strictest in the world. Within this context, the current study was aimed at exploring changes in illness severity among bipolar disorder (BD) patients living under strict lockdown. Method: Ninety BD outpatients under naturalistic conditions were followed from March (when the lockdown measures were imposed in our country) to September 2020. Thirteen variables of illness severity were assessed during this period, which were compared with the results obtained during the same 28-week period of the previous year (i.e., from March to September 2019). Results: No significant differences were observed between periods in the rate of patients that remained euthymic during the entire follow-up (28.9% before the pandemic versus 41.1% during the pandemic, p = 0.09). For most variables, no significant differences were observed. A small decrease was found in depressive episode density (from 0.39 ± 0.74 to 0.22 ± 0.63, p = 0.003). Symptom and episode density during the pre-pandemic period and the number of previous depressive episodes at study entry predicted worse outcomes during the pandemic. Conclusion: Findings from a large sample of BD individuals indicate that illness severity variables have not worsened as a result of the lockdown. In addition, our findings suggest an important degree of positive coping among BD patients and emphasize the effectiveness of telepsychiatry in treating this clinical population.
Fil: Samame, Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi; Argentina
Fil: Godoy, Antonella. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Smith, José. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Camino, Sebastián. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Oppel, Melany. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Sobrero, Martina. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: López Escalona, Lautaro. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
Fil: Strejilevich, Sergio. Universidad Favaloro; Argentina
24th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders
Estados Unidos
International Society for Bipolar Disorders
description Introduction: During 2020, measures to contain the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) included social confinement, with the consequent interruption of normal activities. In Argentina, particularly, the confinement was one of the longest and strictest in the world. Within this context, the current study was aimed at exploring changes in illness severity among bipolar disorder (BD) patients living under strict lockdown. Method: Ninety BD outpatients under naturalistic conditions were followed from March (when the lockdown measures were imposed in our country) to September 2020. Thirteen variables of illness severity were assessed during this period, which were compared with the results obtained during the same 28-week period of the previous year (i.e., from March to September 2019). Results: No significant differences were observed between periods in the rate of patients that remained euthymic during the entire follow-up (28.9% before the pandemic versus 41.1% during the pandemic, p = 0.09). For most variables, no significant differences were observed. A small decrease was found in depressive episode density (from 0.39 ± 0.74 to 0.22 ± 0.63, p = 0.003). Symptom and episode density during the pre-pandemic period and the number of previous depressive episodes at study entry predicted worse outcomes during the pandemic. Conclusion: Findings from a large sample of BD individuals indicate that illness severity variables have not worsened as a result of the lockdown. In addition, our findings suggest an important degree of positive coping among BD patients and emphasize the effectiveness of telepsychiatry in treating this clinical population.
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