Abstract

This study aimed to compare patients with Bipolar Disorder (BD) and healthy controls regarding Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMSs) in Farshchian hospital, Hamadan. This comparative, descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 40 patients with BD selected through convenience sampling. Also, 40 healthy individuals were randomly selected from the hospital staff. The study data were collected using Young Schema Questionnaire-short form. Then, the data were analyzed using MANOVA with SPSS version 19. The results showed a significant difference between the patients with BD and healthy controls regarding negative schemas, including emotional deprivation (p=0.000), instability (p=0.004), mistrust/abuse (p=0.001), social isolation (p=0.001), defectiveness (p=0.001), vulnerability to harm (p=0.002), enmeshment (p=0.0006), subjugation (p=0.000), and entitlement (p=0.014). However, no significant differences were observed between the two groups concerning some other negative schemas, such as failure, incompetence, hyper criticalness, and insufficient self-control. The study results revealed the necessity to understand EMSs in patients with BD and to use them in their treatment. © 2017, Pharmainfo Publications. All rights reserved.