Insight in bipolar disorder: Associations with cognitive and emotional processing and illness characteristics

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-354

  Van Der Werf Eldering, Marieke J ^a   Van Der Meer, Lisette ^b   Burger, Huibert ^a   Holthausen, Esther A E ^a   Nolen, Willem A ^a   Aleman, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BCN Neuroimaging Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Awareness; Bipolar disorder; Clinical characteristics; Cognition; Depression; Emotional learning; Insight; Mood disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051627352     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2011.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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