Sensory processing patterns, coping strategies, and quality of life among patients with unipolar and bipolar disorders.

Objective: To compare sensory processing, coping strategies, and quality of life (QoL) in unipolar and bipolar patients; to examine correlations between sensory processing and QoL; and to investigate the relative contribution of sociodemographic characteristics, sensory processing, and coping strategies to the prediction of QoL.

Methods: Two hundred sixty-seven participants, aged 16-85 years (53.6±15.

Extreme sensory processing patterns and their relation with clinical conditions among individuals with major affective disorders.

Previous studies highlighted the involvement of sensory perception in emotional processes. However, the role of extreme sensory processing patterns expressed in hyper- or hyposensitivity was not thoroughly considered. The present study, in real life conditions, examined the unique sensory processing patterns of individuals with major affective disorders and their relationship with psychiatric symptomatology.