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Affective Temperaments and Clinical Course of Bipolar Disorder: An Exploratory Study of Differences among Patients with and without a History of Violent Suicide Attempts

Publicated to:Medicina-Lithuania. 55 (7): - 2019-07-01 55(7), DOI: 10.3390/medicina55070390

Authors: Fico, G; Caivano, V; Zinno, F; Carfagno, M; Steardo, L; Sampogna, G; Luciano, M; Fiorillo, A

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Magna Graecia Univ Catanzaro, Psychiat Unit, Dept Hlth Sci, Viale Europa, I-88100 Catanzaro, CZ, Italy - Author
Univ Campania L Vanvitelli, Dept Psychiat, I-80139 Naples, Italy - Author

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Suicide is the leading cause of death in patients with Bipolar Disorder (BD). In particular, the high mortality rate is due to violent suicide attempts. Several risk factors associated with suicide attempts in patients with BD have been identified. Affective temperaments are associated with suicidal risk, but their predictive role is still understudied. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between a ff ective temperaments and personal history of violent suicide attempts. Materials and Methods: 74 patients with Bipolar Disorder type I (BD-I) or II (BD-II) were included. All patients filled in the short version of Munster Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego (short TEMPS-M) and the Temperament and Character Inventory, revised version (TCI-R). The sample was divided into two groups on the basis of a positive history for suicidal attempts and the suicidal group was further divided into two subgroups according to violent suicide attempts. Results: Violent suicide attempts were positively associated with the cyclothymic temperament and inversely to the hyperthymic one. BD-I patients and patients with a clinical history of rapid cycling were significantly more represented in the group of patients with a history of violent suicide attempts. Conclusions: Our study highlights that several clinical and temperamental characteristics are associated with violent suicide attempts, suggesting the importance of a ff ective temperaments in the clinical management of patients with BPI.

Keywords

affective temperamentaggressive behaviorsbipolarsuicideAffective temperamentAggressive behaviorsBehaviorBipolarCyclothymiaHyperthymic temperamentsMood disorderQuestionnaireRiskSpectrumSuicideTemps-aValidationVersionViolent suicide

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Medicina-Lithuania, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q3 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Medicine, General & Internal, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-08-07:

  • WoS: 9

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 40.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 47 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Italy.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Fico, Giovanna) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Fico, Giovanna.