Endophénotypes émotionnels et troubles bipolaires

Conclusion. - Euthymic bipolar patients seem to present an emotional hypereactivity which occurs especially during neutral situations.These results partly corroborate other authors outcomes, using a new and more ecologic methodology through an emotional induction by short films. While results of subjective evaluation are significant, results of physiological evaluation are controversial and need further exploration. This emotional hypereactivity during intercrisis periods allow us to understand the basal emotional functioning of bipolar patients, and could be linked with an emotional dysregulation, potential endophenotype of the bipolar disorder. It could have several clinical and research applications, particularly in the study of the emotional functioning of bipolar patients' first degree relatives.