This review will discuss the role of childhood trauma in bipolar disorders. Relevant studies
were identified via Medline (PubMed) and PsycINFO databases published up to and …

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a leading cause of global disability. Its biological basis is unknown,
and its treatment unsatisfactory. Here, we review two recent areas of progress. First, the …

Abstract The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a 10-item self-report measure of 2
emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. It is a …

Alexithymia is an important mental health construct, but there is continuing debate regarding
its definition and measurement. We attempt to resolve this definitional uncertainty in two …

Alexithymia is a trait comprising people's ability to focus attention on and accurately
appraise their own emotions. Its assessment is of clinical interest because people who have …

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex psychiatric disorder characterized by dysfunctions in
three domains including emotional processing, cognitive processing, and psychomotor …

Emotion regulation problems underlie the abnormal levels of negative or positive emotion
that characterise many forms of psychopathology. Several self-report measures of emotion …

Objectives: Despite the demonstrated high heritability of bipolar disorder, few susceptibility
genes have been identified and linkage and/or association studies have produced …

Objectives Objective methods are lacking for continuous monitoring of illness activity in
bipolar disorder. Smartphones offer unique opportunities for continuous monitoring and …

Background The number of studies on electronic self-monitoring in affective disorder and
other psychiatric disorders is increasing and indicates high patient acceptance and …