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The prevalence and clinical associations of mood instability in adults living in England : results from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007
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Marwaha, Steven, Parsons, Nicholas R., Flanagan, Sarah and Broome, Matthew R. (2012) The prevalence and clinical associations of mood instability in adults living in England : results from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007. Psychiatry research, 205 (3). pp. 262-268. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.036 ISSN 0165-1781.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.036
Abstract
Mood instability is underinvestigated but potentially clinically important. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of mood instability in adults living in England and test whether it is important in explaining the extent of symptoms of common mental disorders, suicidality and healthcare use. An analysis of data from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007, a household survey of private households in England (N=7403), was completed. The prevalence of mood instability was 13.9%. In univariate analysis it was strongly associated with socio-demographic and clinical variables. In regression modelling mood instability was independently associated with non-psychotic psychopathology, increasing the odds by 9.89. It was also linked with suicidal ideas (odds ratios (OR): 2.04) but not suicidal acts, and associated with being in receipt of medication, counselling or therapy for mental health problems (OR: 1.88), independent of a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. Mood instability is relatively common in the adult population, occurs frequently in common mental disorders and appears to be an important symptom in its own right. It is associated with two important measures in psychiatry, namely suicidal thinking and healthcare service use. It warrants more widespread recognition and further research is required to understand if, when and how to intervene.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Mood (Psychology), Suicide -- Risk factors, Anxiety, Personality disorders | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Psychiatry research | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ireland Ltd. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0165-1781 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 12 October 2012 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 205 | ||||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 262-268 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.036 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 December 2015 |
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