Racing and Crowded Thoughts in Mood Disorders

Psychopathological and Cognitive Mechanisms of Racing and Crowded Thoughts in Mood Disorders

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02036606

Enrollment

220

Registered

2014-01-15

Start date

2014-04-30

Completion date

2020-04-30

Last updated

2018-08-28

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Conditions

Bipolar Disorder

Brief summary

Racing thoughts relate to subjective acceleration of thinking which has been essentially associated with manic episodes in bipolar disorder. Qualitatively, the phenomenology of racing thoughts in major depression seems to differ from rumination and pure manic racing thoughts: thoughts of all kinds accumulate in the patient's head. Recent qualitative evidence is consistent with the existence of these two kinds of thought overactivity related to mood disorders. In order to evaluate this and better understand the psychopathological and cognitive mechanisms that underlie thought overactivity in mood disorders, we have created a 34-item self-questionnaire - the Racing and Crowded Thoughts Questionnaire (RCTQ) and a number of neuropsychological tasks (time perception, cognitive flexibility). Also, given the relationship between mood disorders and creativity, it is likely that thought overactivity is related to increased creativity. We aim at evaluating this relationship through the French version of the Cognitive Processes Associated with Creativity scale (CPAC).

Interventions

BEHAVIORALquestionary

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Bipolar disorder or depressive disorder * 18 -65 years old

Exclusion criteria

* neurological conditions or sequelae * substance abuse in the last 10 months * schizophrenia * ADHD * Borderline personality disorder * Pregnant women- Subjects under legal supervision

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Validation of the scale of Crowded Racing Thoughts Questionary = (RCTQ scale that assesses the two forms of racing thoughts)	one week	Demonstrated a two-factor structure (crowded and racing) assessment concurrent and discriminant validity.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Evaluation of executive and temporal mechanisms involved in racing thoughts	one week

Other

Measure	Time frame
Validation of the French version of the scale Cognitive Processes Associated with Creativity or CPAC scale (scale that assesses creativity)	one week

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactDimitri Sanchez

drci@chru-strasbourg.fr

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026