Recovery of cognitive functioning in patients with co-occurring bipolar disorder and alcohol dependence during early remission from an acute mood episode

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-154

  Levy, Boaz ^a,b   Manove, Emily ^a   Weiss, Roger D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Bipolar disorder; Cognitive impairment; Dually diagnosed patients; Inpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84865238073     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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