Cognitive Impairment in Euthymic Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 286-296

  Elias, Liana R ^a   Miskowiak, Kamilla W ^b   Vale, Antônio M O ^a   Köhler, Cristiano A ^a   Kjærstad, Hanne L ^b   Stubbs, Brendon ^c   Kessing, Lars V ^b   Vieta, Eduard ^d   Maes, Michael ^e   Goldstein, Benjamin I ^f   Carvalho, André F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; cognition; memory; meta analysis; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMBASE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDLINE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS;

EID: 85013471697     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2017.01.008     Document Type: Review

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