Neurocognitive clusters: A pilot study of young people with affective disorders in an inpatient facility

Affective disorders are characterised by disturbances in mood and emotional state (i.e. episodes of depression, mania and/or anxiety). Early stages of affective disorders may also be accompanied by functional impairment and neuropsychological changes such as difficulties in mental flexibility (Hermens  et al., 2011), attention (Thompson et al., 2005), memory (Thompson et al., 2005) and executive function (Sweeney et al., 2000). Furthermore, studies have shown that patients’ neuropsychological (or ‘neurocognitive’) course is one of the best predictors of long-term function, over and above current affective symptoms (Lee et al., 2015).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research