Prevalence of cognitive impairment in major depression and bipolar disorder

ConclusionsAs interventions aiming to improve cognitive outcomes in mood disorders receive increasing research focus, the issue of setting a cut‐off level of cognitive impairment for screening purposes becomes a priority. This analysis demonstrates important differences in samples likely to be recruited depending on the definition of cognitive impairment and begins to examine the importance of premorbid IQ in determining who is impaired.

Source: Bipolar Disorders - January 18, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Katie M Douglas, Peter Gallagher, Lucy J Robinson, Janet D Carter, Virginia VW McIntosh, Christopher MA Frampton, Stuart Watson, Allan H Young, I Nicol Ferrier, Richard J Porter Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research