Behavioral self-regulation in pediatric bipolar disorder and healthy offspring of bipolar patients

Objectives: This study investigated behavioral self-regulation problems using the Children's Hostility Inventory (CHI) in pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD), healthy offspring of bipolar disorder patients (HOBD), and healthy controls (HC) without previous history of psychiatric disorders. Methods: The CHI was administered to 41 consecutive children and adolescents diagnosed with PBD, to 16 HOBD, and to 22 HC. The inventory assessed irritability, expression, hostility, and aggression and was completed by the children with the help of their mothers. Adolescents and their respective parents were interviewed separately using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL). Results: All subscales of the CHI presented statistically significant differences, except for the subscale assessing feelings of suspicion. Pairwise comparisons revealed consistently significant differences between the PBD group and controls, indicating more self-regulation difficulties in the PBD group, represented by high levels of hostility and aggressive behavior. There were no significant differences between the PBD and HOBD groups. Conclusions: Future studies should further investigate if such behavior is state-dependent or a trait of bipolar juvenile expression. Expression of hostility and irritability should be considered relevant targets in psychosocial approaches addressing this population.

Análise dos desvios angulares da locomoçäo em uma tarefa para evitar colisäo contra objeto fixo em ambiente rígido: uma breve comunicaçäo / Angular deviation analysis of locomotion in a task to avoid colision against obstacles: a brief communication

Pessoas controlam através da informaçäo visual disponível suas açöes para realizar tarefas com metas específicas. Em uma tarefa do caminhar direto para pontos de evitaçäo visualizados previamente com objetivos de evitar colisäo contra um obstáculo fixo, foram analisados os erros de desvio ou o componentes de locomoçäo, a translaçäo e a rotaçäo. Os erros angulares de desvios foram observados dentro dos limites considerados para uma acurácia da orientaçäo espacial percebida, e produziram componentes da locomoçäo acurados para evitar colisäo. A acurácia foi explicada por dois fatores, a disponibilidade de fontes de informaçöes espaciais e a potência das propriedades da cena, que permitiram aos observadores a construçäo de uma representaçäo visual da cena física, e a manutençäo da orientaçäo espacial durante a locomoçäo para alvos predeterminados de modo seguro a fim de evitar possíveis acidentes de choque contra obstáculos