Review article
THE CLINICAL NOTION OF RESTLESSNESS AS A LINCHPIN FOR A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIPOLAR SPECTRUM
Giuseppe Tavormina
; Psychiatric Studies Centre "CenStu.Psi", Provaglio d'Iseo (BS), Italy
Francesco Franza
; Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center "Villa dei Pini", Avellino, Italy
Abstract
Restlessness is the essence of the thymic disease of those who present a "mixed picture" in the bipolar spectrum of any form. Depressive suffering, always significant for the patient, never presents itself alone, but is always accompanied by a constant state of internal anxiety, restlessness with internal and muscular tension, depressive-irritable or depressive-apathetic-confused state, a sense of existential anguish that sometimes gives no hint of future prospects, and very frequent somatic symptoms associated with mood malaise. All this is summarized in the concept of "Restlessness".
Keywords
restlessness; bipolar disorders; mixed states; mixed state rating scale
Hrčak ID:
344088
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Publication date:
20.9.2025.
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