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A relationship between neurocognitive impairment and functional impairment in bipolar disorder: a pilot study.

Altshuler LL, Bearden CE, Green MF, van Gorp W, Mintz J

Department of Psychiatry, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. laltshuler@mednet.ucla.edu

We assessed the relationship between neurocognitive status and role function in 14 euthymic bipolar subjects. Role function scores were bimodally distributed. Poor verbal memory and executive function were associated with functional impairment, suggesting that functional disability may be restricted to a subgroup of cognitively impaired bipolar patients.

Published 6 December 2007 in Psychiatry Res, 157(1): 289-93.
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