Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency 
Gilles Bertschy,1– 3 Emilie Martz,2 Sebastien Weibel,1,2 Luisa Weiner1,4,5 1Pôle de Psychiatrie, santé mentale & addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 2INSERM U1114, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 3Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg...
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| description | Gilles Bertschy,1– 3 Emilie Martz,2 Sebastien Weibel,1,2 Luisa Weiner1,4,5 1Pôle de Psychiatrie, santé mentale & addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 2INSERM U1114, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 3Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 4Laboratoire de Psychologie des Cognitions, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 5Faculté de Psychologie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67000, FranceCorrespondence: Gilles Bertschy, Pôle de Psychiatrie, santé mentale & addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 Place de L’hôpital, BP 426, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67091, France, Tel +33 388 11 65 48, Fax +33 388 11 54 23, Email gilles.bertschy@chru-strasbourg.frAbstract: In the present study, we propose a review and a synthesis of the work of our group about the phenomenology and the cognitive mechanisms of racing thoughts in bipolar disorder (BD) and ADHD. Contrary to the mainstream idea according to which racing thoughts are pathognomonic of BD, our work suggests that racing thoughts are enhanced in ADHD compared to hypomanic episodes of BD, whereas in euthymic episodes of BD self-reported racing thoughts are similar to the rates reported by healthy controls. Using verbal fluency tasks, we found many similarities between bipolar and ADHD subjects with one clear difference: lexical search strategy in hypomania is based on phonemic similarities rather than semantic-relatedness. However, this distinction observed in this cognitive task is certainly difficult to grasp during a clinical interview aiming to differentiate mild hypomania from combined ADHD presentation. The main landmark to distinguish them remains the episodic nature of bipolar disorders as opposed to the lifelong presentation of ADHD symptoms, a dichotomous view that is not so clear-cut in clinical practice.Keywords: bipolar disorders, ADHD, racing thoughts, verbal fluency, adult |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b78856c8b9a74742947b0642cc0fcc6e2023-05-11T18:59:32ZengDove Medical PressNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment1178-20212023-05-01Volume 191153116883683Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency Bertschy GMartz EWeibel SWeiner LGilles Bertschy,1– 3 Emilie Martz,2 Sebastien Weibel,1,2 Luisa Weiner1,4,5 1Pôle de Psychiatrie, santé mentale & addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 2INSERM U1114, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 3Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 4Laboratoire de Psychologie des Cognitions, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 5Faculté de Psychologie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67000, FranceCorrespondence: Gilles Bertschy, Pôle de Psychiatrie, santé mentale & addictologie des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 Place de L’hôpital, BP 426, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67091, France, Tel +33 388 11 65 48, Fax +33 388 11 54 23, Email gilles.bertschy@chru-strasbourg.frAbstract: In the present study, we propose a review and a synthesis of the work of our group about the phenomenology and the cognitive mechanisms of racing thoughts in bipolar disorder (BD) and ADHD. Contrary to the mainstream idea according to which racing thoughts are pathognomonic of BD, our work suggests that racing thoughts are enhanced in ADHD compared to hypomanic episodes of BD, whereas in euthymic episodes of BD self-reported racing thoughts are similar to the rates reported by healthy controls. Using verbal fluency tasks, we found many similarities between bipolar and ADHD subjects with one clear difference: lexical search strategy in hypomania is based on phonemic similarities rather than semantic-relatedness. However, this distinction observed in this cognitive task is certainly difficult to grasp during a clinical interview aiming to differentiate mild hypomania from combined ADHD presentation. The main landmark to distinguish them remains the episodic nature of bipolar disorders as opposed to the lifelong presentation of ADHD symptoms, a dichotomous view that is not so clear-cut in clinical practice.Keywords: bipolar disorders, ADHD, racing thoughts, verbal fluency, adulthttps://www.dovepress.com/psychopathological-dissection-of-bipolar-disorder-and-adhd-focussing-o-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDTbipolar disordersadhdracing thoughtsverbal fluencyadult |
| spellingShingle | Bertschy G Martz E Weibel S Weiner L Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency  Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment bipolar disorders adhd racing thoughts verbal fluency adult |
| title | Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency  |
| title_full | Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency  |
| title_fullStr | Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency  |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency  |
| title_short | Psychopathological Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Focussing on Racing Thoughts and Verbal Fluency  |
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| topic | bipolar disorders adhd racing thoughts verbal fluency adult |
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