Cognitive remediation: Potential novel brain-based treatment for bipolar disorder in children and adolescents

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 382-390

  Dickstein, Daniel P ^a,b   Cushman, Grace K ^a,b   Kim, Kerri L ^a,b   Weissman, Alexandra B ^a,b   Wegbreit, Ezra ^a,b  

^a E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; bipolar disorder; children; cognition.; intervention

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE INHIBITION; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMANS;

EID: 84938739299     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S109285291500036X     Document Type: Review

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