Objectives: To present a comprehensive review of the existing neuropsychological and
neuroimaging literature on bipolar affective disorder. This review critically evaluates two …

Background Few studies of the neurocognitive performance of patients with bipolar disorder
have been performed while patients are in the euthymic state. Methods Twenty-five euthymic …

Objectives The current study examines prevalence of cognitive impairment in four mood
disorder samples, using four definitions of impairment. The impact of premorbid IQ on …

BACKGROUND: Nowadays it is not clear if in bipolar disorders (BD) cognitive impairments
are heterogeneous and if so which are the variables that determine it. METHODS: Fifty …

Cognitive dysfunction is a recognized feature of mood disorders, including major depressive
disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). Cognitive impairment is associated with poor …

Background. Cognitive impairment may be part of the endophenotype of bipolar disorder
(BP), but little is known about patterns and severity of impairment in BP subgroups and their …

Patients with affective disorders frequently report problems with attention, concentration and
memory, although little research has investigated subjective cognitive complaints relative to …

Background Most longitudinal or treatment studies in bipolar disorder have used
symptomatic or syndromal status as the primary outcome variable. More recently …

Background: Functional recovery among treated bipolar disorder (BPD) patients is far less
likely than syndromal and even symptomatic recovery. We hypothesized that increasingly …

Objectives: The notion that sufferers of bipolar disorder achieve complete syndromal and
functional recovery between illness episodes has been brought into question by evidence …