Kristen K Ellard1, Aishwarya G Gosai2, Emily E Bernstein3, Navneet Kaur4, Lousia G Sylvia2, Joan A Camprodon5, Darin D Dougherty5, Andrew A Nierenberg2, Thilo Deckersbach2. 1. Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, Suite 580, Boston, MA 02114, United States. Electronic address: kellard@mgh.harvard.edu. 2. Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, Suite 580, Boston, MA 02114, United States. 3. Harvard University, Cambridge MA, United States. 4. Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States. 5. Division of Neurotherapeutics, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Anxiety in bipolar disorder (BD) exacerbates emotion dysregulation and reduces treatment response. We recently conducted a pilot trial of transdiagnostic CBT to target anxiety and emotion dysregulation in BD adjunctive to pharmacotherapy. Reductions in depression and anxiety symptoms were significantly predicted by baseline levels of neuroticism and perceived affective control, as well as changes over time in emotion regulation skills. The present study investigates mechanism of treatment response by examining the relationship between baseline emotion regulation-related neural circuitry and trial outcomes. METHODS:Nineteen patients completed baseline resting state fMRI scans prior to treatment randomization. Functional connectivity between the anterior insula (AI) and regions in the salience network (SN), default mode network (DMN), and executive control network (ECN) were examined as predictors of baseline and treatment-related changes in emotion regulation. RESULTS: Greater improvements in emotion regulation were predicted by weaker right dorsal AI - right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC; SN) and stronger bilateral dorsal AI - bilateral amygdala functional connectivity. Baseline neuroticism was negatively correlated with right dorsal AI- inferior parietal lobule (ECN) functional connectivity, and baseline deficits in perceived affective control were positively associated with ventral AI - bilateral dACC (SN) connectivity. LIMITATIONS: Small sample limits interpretability of treatment-specific effects. CONCLUSION: Baseline functional connectivity of emotion-regulation related neural circuitry significantly predicted change in emotion regulation-related dimensions associated with anxiety and depression symptom reduction. Future studies are needed to determine if employing methods such as neuromodulation to rehabilitate relevant neural circuitry may improve ultimate treatment outcomes of transdiagnostic CBT for BD and anxiety.
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BACKGROUND:Anxiety in bipolar disorder (BD) exacerbates emotion dysregulation and reduces treatment response. We recently conducted a pilot trial of transdiagnostic CBT to target anxiety and emotion dysregulation in BD adjunctive to pharmacotherapy. Reductions in depression and anxiety symptoms were significantly predicted by baseline levels of neuroticism and perceived affective control, as well as changes over time in emotion regulation skills. The present study investigates mechanism of treatment response by examining the relationship between baseline emotion regulation-related neural circuitry and trial outcomes. METHODS: Nineteen patients completed baseline resting state fMRI scans prior to treatment randomization. Functional connectivity between the anterior insula (AI) and regions in the salience network (SN), default mode network (DMN), and executive control network (ECN) were examined as predictors of baseline and treatment-related changes in emotion regulation. RESULTS: Greater improvements in emotion regulation were predicted by weaker right dorsal AI - right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC; SN) and stronger bilateral dorsal AI - bilateral amygdala functional connectivity. Baseline neuroticism was negatively correlated with right dorsal AI- inferior parietal lobule (ECN) functional connectivity, and baseline deficits in perceived affective control were positively associated with ventral AI - bilateral dACC (SN) connectivity. LIMITATIONS: Small sample limits interpretability of treatment-specific effects. CONCLUSION: Baseline functional connectivity of emotion-regulation related neural circuitry significantly predicted change in emotion regulation-related dimensions associated with anxiety and depression symptom reduction. Future studies are needed to determine if employing methods such as neuromodulation to rehabilitate relevant neural circuitry may improve ultimate treatment outcomes of transdiagnostic CBT for BD and anxiety.
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