Cognitive impairment in first-episode mania: a systematic review of the evidence in the acute and remission phases of the illness

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Daglas, Rothanthi ^a,b   Yücel, Murat ^c   Cotton, Sue ^a,b   Allott, Kelly ^a,b   Hetrick, Sarah ^a,b   Berk, Michael ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^f FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cognition; Depression; Early intervention; First episode; Mania

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXPERIMENTAL COGNITIVE TEST; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MANIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROPROTECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 85056234561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21947511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40345-015-0024-2     Document Type: Article

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