Cognitive Impairment In Manic Bipolar Patients: Important, Understated, Significant Aspects
Key Messages
Compared with healthy individuals, patients with bipolar I disorder (BD I) experience cognitive deficits, including impairment of sustained attention, memory, and executive function. These deficits have been observed in all phases of illness, including euthymia. Deficits in cognitive function may be associated with illness severity, current state (manic, depressive, euthymic, or mixed), and polarity of previous episodes. Clinical assessments of cognitive function should be applied to assess the stability or evolution of cognitive impairment over time.
Given the diversity of …