Impulsivity in bipolar and substance use disorders

Abstract

Conclusions: Our results replicate the findings that interepisode BD and substance use disorder patients both have increased total impulsivity; furthermore, the findings also indicate that trait impulsivity is not completely the same in subscales. Both groups were similar on attention and motor impulsivity subscales; however, on the nonplanning subscale, BD patients were more impulsive than the substance use disorder patients. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.