Regulating the high: Cognitive and neural processes underlying positive emotion regulation in bipolar I disorder

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 661-674

  Park, Jiyoung ^a   Ayduk, Özlem ^b   Lisa, O'Donnell ^a   Chun, Jinsoo ^c   Gruber, June ^d   Kamali, Masoud ^e   McInnis, Melvin G ^e   Deldin, Patricia ^a   Kross, Ethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Emotion regulation; Psychosis history; Self distancing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927746196     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702614527580     Document Type: Article

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