Neurocognitive functioning in the premorbid stage and in the first episode of bipolar disorder: A systematic review

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-30

  Martino, Diego J ^a,b   Samamé, Cecilia ^a,b   Ibañez, Agustín ^a,b,c,d,e   Strejilevich, Sergio A ^a,c  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY INECO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^e ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive functions; High risk; Memory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84926218618     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.12.044     Document Type: Review

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