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Symptoms structure of bipolar acute

episode: factor analysis of the 24-item BPRS

Factor 3  Suicidality +  Anxious temperament

“Mixicity”  Excitement +  Frequent mixed

episodes
 Motor hyperactivity +
 Exposure to AD
 Anxiety +  Suicide risk

 Tension +

 Motor retardation -

Factor 4  Hostility + • Irritable temperament
“Dysphoria”  Un-cooperativeness + • Half of patients with

mixed index episode
 Suspiciousness +

Pacchiaroti, 12th IRBD, Nice 2012.