Evaluate the severity of brain disorders in people with bipolar 1, bipolar 2

Patients with bipolar disorders have higher rates of other mental health disorders and general medical conditions. Cognitive impairment is a core feature of schizophrenia bipolar disorder (BD).A neurocognitive profile characterized by widespread cognitive deficits across multiple domains in the context of substantial intellectual impairment, which appears to antedate illness onset, the literature in this field has provided contradictory results due to methodological differences across studies. Meta-analytic techniques may offer an opportunity to synthesize findings and to control for potential sources of heterogeneity. Little is known about patterns and severity of impairment in BP subgroups and their relation to depression. This study aimed to clarify the suggested differences in cognitive impairment between patients with bipolar I and II disorder in a relatively large, clinically stable sample while controlling for potential confounders

Keywords:

bipolar , impairment , neurocognitive , methodological , opportunity