INVESTIGADORES
MARTINO Diego Javier
artículos
Título:
Neurocognitive impairments and their relationship with psychosocial functioning in euthymic bipolar II disorder.
Autor/es:
MARTINO D.J., IGOA A., MARENGO E., SCÁPOLA M., STREJILEVICH S.A.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE
Editorial:
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Referencias:
Lugar: Philadelphia; Año: 2011 vol. 199 p. 459 - 464
ISSN:
0022-3018
Resumen:
Abstract: The aim of this study was to compare neurocognitive functioningbetween euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder (BDI), bipolar II disorder(BDII), and healthy controls. An additional aim was to estimate the relationshipbetween neurocognitive impairments and psychosocial functioning. Eighty-seven patients with BDI (n = 48) or BDII (n = 39) and 39 healthy controls wereincluded. All subjects completed an extensive neurocognitive battery. Psy-chosocial functioning was assessed using the General Assessment of Func-tioning. Patients with BDII performed more poorly than did the controls inmeasures of psychomotor speed, verbal memory, and executive function-ing. Patient groups did not show differences in any of the cognitive measuresassessed. The performance in trail-making test B was the only independentpredictor of psychosocial functioning in both patient groups. Patients withBDII have cognitive impairments, and this has a negative influence on theirfunctional outcome. Our results bring additional support to the notion thatBDII disorder is not a merely mild type of BDI.