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BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder and risk for mania are associated with setting high goals and dysregulated goal pursuit. One mechanism mediating between setting high goals and manic symptoms could be daydreaming or more generally, mental imagery. 'Daydreams' (as one form of mental imagery) are characterized by the fact that the content is produced deliberately. Akiskal et al. (1995) reported that daydreaming prospectively predicted a switch from unipolar depression to bipolar disorder. We here hypothesized that risk for mania should also be associated with increased daydreaming after controlling for depression. METHOD: N=249 participants from a non-clinical, community sample completed several self-report measures including the Hypomanic Personality scale and Daydreaming scale. RESULTS: Hierarchical regression revealed that risk for mania predicted daydreaming after controlling for current and former depression. LIMITATIONS: Only self-report measures were used. The sample was a non-clinical, primarily White British sample, which has implications for generalizability. CONCLUSIONS: Despite limitations our results support the hypothesis that vulnerability for mania is associated with daydreaming. Daydreaming was related to mania and depression which highlights that it might be relevant for the etiology or maintenance of mood disorders.
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Transtorno Bipolar/psicologia , Fantasia , Adulto , Transtorno Bipolar/epidemiologia , Transtorno Ciclotímico/complicações , Depressão , Transtorno Depressivo/complicações , Feminino , Objetivos , Humanos , Masculino , Transtornos do Humor/complicações , Análise de Regressão , Risco , Adulto JovemRESUMO
The work deals with the signs of interhemispheric EEG asymmetry in depressions with pain syndromes. Reflex therapeutic techniques proved capable of achieving a functional correction of EEG asymmetry indices in the somatosensory cortex. The authors believe that reflex therapeutic influence on the central mechanisms of depressions ensures a pathogenic approach to the treatment.
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Transtorno Depressivo/fisiopatologia , Dominância Cerebral/fisiologia , Eletroencefalografia , Dor/fisiopatologia , Reflexoterapia , Adulto , Idoso , Doença Crônica , Transtorno Ciclotímico/complicações , Transtorno Depressivo/etiologia , Transtorno Depressivo/terapia , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Osteocondrite/complicações , Dor/etiologia , Manejo da Dor , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/complicações , Esquizofrenia/complicações , SíndromeAssuntos
Doença das Coronárias , MMPI , Personalidade , Adulto , Angina Pectoris/sangue , Angina Pectoris/etiologia , Angina Pectoris/fisiopatologia , Atitude , Pressão Sanguínea , Colesterol/sangue , Doença das Coronárias/etiologia , Doença das Coronárias/fisiopatologia , Transtorno Ciclotímico/complicações , Morte Súbita , Humanos , Introversão Psicológica , Estilo de Vida , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infarto do Miocárdio/etiologia , Infarto do Miocárdio/fisiopatologia , Transtornos Neuróticos , Desempenho de Papéis , Fumar/complicações , Escala de Ansiedade Frente a TesteRESUMO
Meetings between an American guru and his followers were observed and 14 of the devotees were interviewed. Virtually all gave histories of chronic unhappiness and unsatisfactory parental relations. On involvement with the guru and a new 'family,' the experienced increased well-being and periods of bliss, and their acceptance of mystic Hindu beliefs was solidified. Factors relating to the devotees' psychological 'lift' are delineated, including ways that the bond to the leader possibly aided them in dealing with inner conflict. Earlier experiences with psychedelic drugs appeared to have influenced many of the subjects to Hinduism and the guru. It is postulated that a psychological characteristic of the devotees is a strong underlying wish for union with a powerful object,and that this bore on their susceptibility to the influence of certain regressive psychedelic experiences.