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  • Prevalence of misophonia in patients with bipolar disorder
  • (İletmiş & Yaman, 2025)
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Dv Initial Source Misophonia MOC
Dv Status #status/Bare-bones-review
Dv Limitations • Cross-sectional design limits causal inference. • Single-site sample may limit generalizability. • Medication use not analyzed—possible confounder. • Hearing status based on self-report; objective testing recommended.
Dv Future Directions • Explore misophonia subtypes (pure vs. comorbid). • Clarify the role of pharmacology in symptom expression. • Use objective sensory testing and broader community sampling. • Further investigate emotion regulation components and hormonal influences (e.g., menstrual cycle).
Dv Relevance • study looking at the prevalence of Misophonia → Bipolar disorder (BD) comorbidity , the link between Misophonia and autistic traits and emotional regulation skills in BD. they found Misophonia to be more common in those without BD • they suggest that there may be subtypes of Misophonia that warrant further study (pure vs comorbid )
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Prevalence of misophonia in patients with bipolar disorder: its relationship with autism spectrum symptoms and emotion regulation skills in comparison to a control group: Misophonia in bipolar disorder: autism and emotion regulation

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Abstract

Background/Purpose Background-
• Misophonia involves reduced tolerance to certain sounds and is linked to functional impairments and psychiatric comorbidities.
• BD patients are known to exhibit sensory processing deficits and impaired auditory filtering, potentially predisposing them to misophonia.
• Misophonia shares neurobiological features with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), especially in sensory sensitivity and insular cortex involvement.
• Emotion regulation deficits are common in misophonia and BD and are associated with worse outcomes and increased psychopathology.
Purpose-
• Determine misophonia prevalence in bipolar disorder (BD) patients.
• Assess the relationship between misophonia and autistic traits and emotion regulation skills in BD.
• Compare results with a demographically matched healthy control group.
• Hypotheses: Misophonia would be more prevalent in BD; misophonia severity would correlate with emotion dysregulation and autism traits.
Participants/samples • 105 BD patients (DSM-5 diagnosis; in remission ≥3 months).
• 105 matched healthy controls (age, gender, education).
• Age range: 18–65 years.
• Exclusion: other major psychiatric diagnoses, cognitive impairment, intellectual disability.
Measures • Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) – Depression severity.
• Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) – Mania severity.
• AMISOS-R – Misophonia symptoms.
• ERSQ – Emotion regulation.
• AQ – Autism spectrum traits.
Procedures • Clinical interview for BD diagnosis and remission verification.
• Self-report scales administered post-consent.
• BD and control groups compared on scale scores and misophonia prevalence.
• Regression analysis conducted to identify predictors of misophonia severity.
Results • Prevalence:
• Misophonia more common in controls (63.8%) than BD group (48.6%) (p=0.026).
• BD patients with misophonia had higher AQ scores (p=0.003) and greater history of suicide attempts (p=0.026).

• Severity:
• Within BD: 29.4% subthreshold, 45.1% mild, 19.6% moderate, 5.9% severe misophonia.
• AMISOS-R severity not significantly correlated with ERSQ or AQ scores in bivariate analysis.

• Regression:
• Suicide attempt history and AQ score significantly predicted misophonia severity.

• Triggers and Reactions:
• Chewing and breathing sounds were top triggers.
• Discomfort and disgust were more common reactions in controls.

• Gender/Hormonal Findings:
• 7 of 16 reproductive-aged females reported worsened symptoms during menstruation.

• Auditory Processing:
• BD patients had more self-reported hearing difficulties than controls (p=0.020).
Discussion/Limits Conclusion-

• Contrary to hypotheses, misophonia was more prevalent in the control group.
• In BD, misophonia was linked to higher autistic traits and suicide attempt history.
• Emotion regulation skills were poorer in BD patients, particularly with high autistic traits.
• Misophonia severity predicted by suicide attempt history and autism spectrum traits.
• Misophonia may not be fully captured by current nosological frameworks; subtypes may exist.
Limitations:: • Cross-sectional design limits causal inference.
• Single-site sample may limit generalizability.
• Medication use not analyzed—possible confounder.
• Hearing status based on self-report; objective testing recommended.
Future Directions:: • Explore misophonia subtypes (pure vs. comorbid).
• Clarify the role of pharmacology in symptom expression.
• Use objective sensory testing and broader community sampling.
• Further investigate emotion regulation components and hormonal influences (e.g., menstrual cycle).
Relevance:: • study looking at the prevalence of Misophonia → Bipolar disorder (BD) comorbidity , the link between Misophonia and autistic traits and emotional regulation skills in BD. they found Misophonia to be more common in those without BD
•  they  suggest that there may be subtypes of Misophonia that warrant further study (pure vs comorbid )

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İletmiş 2026 findings on Misophonia and bipolar comorbidity