Cognition in Euthymic Patients with Bipolar Disorder: Do Not Forget to Account for Anxiety!

Purpose: Despite the high prevalence of anxiety disorders in BD and its known impact on cognitive performance, the presence and severity of anxious symptoms is not systematically evaluated in studies on cognition in BD. Our aim was to determine if attention and/or inhibition of cognitive interference in euthymic patients with type I Bipolar Disorder (BD-I) is affected by symptoms of anxiety.

Patients And Methods: Eighty-seven euthymic BD-I patients were included.

Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Cognitive Problems and Strategies Assessment in Patients with Bipolar Disorder.

Cognitive deficits play an important role in Bipolar Disorder (BPD). The Cognitive Problems and Strategies Assessment (CPSA) is a measure that evaluates the patient's perception of cognitive difficulties, and the spontaneous use of compensatory strategies and could thus have potential utility for clinical practice in patients with BPD. Our aim was to determine the validity and reliability of the Cognitive Problems and Strategies Assessment (CPSA) in Bipolar Disorder (BPD).

Looking for factors affecting functioning in euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder: the importance of cognitive complaints and BDNF's Val66Met polymorphism.

Introduction: Functioning in Bipolar Disorder (BD) is affected in a substantial proportion of patients. The impact of demographic, clinical, cognitive, and genetic factors on functioning has been shown individually; however, as a complex phenomenon, a global approach to identify the most relevant as well as possible interactions is needed.

Methods: 102 patients with type I BD in euthymia were invited for evaluation of demographic, clinical, and cognitive characteristics as well as genotype for Val66Met polymorphism of BDNF gene to determine those associated with poor functioning according to the FAST scale cut-off score.

Psychometric properties and cross-cultural comparison of the cognitive complaints in bipolar disorder rating assessment (COBRA) in Mexican patients with bipolar disorder.

Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a serious and frequent mental health condition that is sometimes fatal. Several longitudinal studies have found an important correlation between cognition and functionality in BD. Despite the known importance of cognitive symptoms in BD, evaluation of cognitive deficits is not routinely done in clinical settings, as assessment is time-consuming and requires neuropsychological testing.