Neuropsychological aspects of lack of insight in bipolar disorder: A preliminary report

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-120

  Ghaemi, S Nassir ^a   Hebben, Nancy ^b   Stoll, Andrew L ^c   Pope Jr , Harrison G ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

affective disorder; anosognosia; frontal lobe; memory; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 0030588592     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(96)02956-3     Document Type: Article

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