A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Neurocognitive Deficits in Bipolar Illness: Profile and Effects of Clinical State

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-562

  Kurtz, Matthew M ^a   Gerraty, Raphael T ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar illness; depression; euthymia; mania; neurocognition

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EFFECT SIZE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MANIA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDLINE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70249100595     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016277     Document Type: Article

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