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Methods: This cross-sectional study included 133 outpatients with bipolar I disorder who had experienced no syndromal mood episode during the preceding six months. Patients were classified as having subsyndromal depressive symptoms (n = 61; HDRS 8\u201314 and YMRS &lt; 8) or as euthymic (n = 72; HDRS &lt; 8 and YMRS &lt; 8). Clinical characteristics, functioning, impulsivity, internalized stigma, and anxiety were assessed. Results: The subsyndromal depressive group had higher total and depressive episode counts and more frequent histories of antidepressant-induced manic switch and suicide attempt than the euthymic group (all p &lt; 0.05). They also showed lower functioning and higher impulsivity, internalized stigma, and anxiety (all p &lt; 0.05). Within the subsyndromal depressive group, depressive symptom severity was associated with the number of depressive episodes and specific domains of functioning, impulsivity, internalized stigma, and anxiety. Conclusions: Subsyndromal depressive symptoms were associated with clinically relevant differences across multiple clinical and psychosocial domains during inter-episode periods in bipolar I disorder. The associations observed across specific domains also support considering depressive symptom severity dimensionally alongside categorical assessment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci16090943","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]],"date-time":"2026-09-03T11:08:53Z","timestamp":1788433733000},"page":"943","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Subsyndromal Depressive Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder: Associations with Functioning, Internalized Stigma, Impulsivity, and Anxiety"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1446-1222","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hazel","family":"Demir\u00f6z \u00d6zt\u00fcrk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Beyhekim Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Konya 42060, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7127-8929","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Medine","family":"G\u0131yna\u015f Ayhan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Beyhekim Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Konya 42060, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5848-703X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u0130kbal","family":"\u0130nanl\u0131","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Beyhekim Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Konya 42060, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"24","article-title":"The importance of subsyndromal symptoms in bipolar disorder","volume":"65","author":"Marangell","year":"2004","journal-title":"J. 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