New Bipolar Disorders Data Have Been Reported by Researchers at National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital (Comparison of Patterns of Non-suicidal Self-Injury and Emotion Dysregulation Across Mood Disorder Subtypes): Mental Health Diseases and Conditions – Bipolar Disorders

2022 MAY 31 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health News Daily -- Investigators discuss new findings in bipolar disorders. According to news reporting out of the National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital by NewsRx editors, research stated, “IntroductionNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is frequently encountered in patients with mood disorders. Emotion dysregulation (ED), frequently observed in mood disorders, could be a major mediating factor in NSSI.”

Funders for this research include Ministry of Science And Ict, South Korea; National Research Foundation of Korea.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital: “The aim of this study was to explore differences in NSSI behavior and ED across mood disorder subtypes. The relationships between childhood trauma and NSSI and ED were also explored. MethodsA total of 191 patients with mood disorders were included in this study. The patterns of NSSI behavior and ED across patients with bipolar I disorder (BD-I), bipolar II disorder (BD-II), and major depressive disorder (MDD) were compared. ResultsMore than half (54%) of the subjects experienced NSSI. Patients with BD-II and MDD engaged in NSSI behavior more frequently than those diagnosed with BD-I. NSSI behaviors in patients with BD-II most commonly included cutting, whereas hitting behaviors were most common among other groups. Patients with BD-II and MDD reported more severe ED than those with BD-I. In the case of childhood trauma, those with BD-II and MDD reported greater emotional neglect than those with BD-I. Structural equation modeling revealed that ED mediated the association between childhood trauma and NSSI.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “BD-I was associated with less frequent NSSI behavior and less severe ED than BD-II and MDD. ED mediated the association between childhood trauma and NSSI. Promoting emotion regulation strategies could prevent NSSI behavior in patients with mood disorders.”

For more information on this research see: Comparison of Patterns of Non-suicidal Self-Injury and Emotion Dysregulation Across Mood Disorder Subtypes. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022,13. (Frontiers in Psychiatry - http://frontiersin.org/psychiatry). The publisher for Frontiers in Psychiatry is Frontiers Media S.A.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.757933.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting So Yung Yang, Department of Psychiatry, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang-si, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Dongbin Lee, Hyewon Jeong, Yunji Cho, Jae Eun Ahn, Kyung Sue Hong, Ji Hyun Baek.

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