Declarative memory impairment in pediatric bipolar disorder |
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Authors: | Glahn David C Bearden Carrie E Caetano Sheila Fonseca Manoela Najt Pablo Hunter Kristina Pliszka Steve R Olvera Rene L Soares Jair C |
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Institution: | Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. glahn@uthscsa.edu |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: Impaired verbal declarative memory has been proposed as a trait marker for adult bipolar disorder. However, similar impairments in juvenile-onset bipolar disorder have not been yet documented. Here, we assessed declarative memory in a large sample of clinically well-characterized children with bipolar disorder. METHODS: Forty-one children and adolescents with bipolar disorder 21 bipolar I disorder (BP-I), 10 bipolar II disorder (BP-II), and 10 bipolar disorder, not otherwise specified (BP-NOS)] and 17 demographically matched healthy participants completed a standardized learning and memory test. RESULTS: BP-I children recalled and recognized significantly fewer words than healthy subjects, whereas children with BP-II and BP-NOS did not differ from controls. However, individuals with BP-NOS made more perseverative errors and intrusions than the other groups. Severity of mood symptomatology was not associated with memory performance in any bipolar subtype. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that declarative memory impairments in juvenile BP-I are similar to those seen in the adult form of the illness. These impairments do not appear to be secondary to clinical state; rather, they may reflect trait-related impairments. Distinct performance patterns in BP-I, BP-II, and BP-NOS suggest that the broadly defined phenotype is significantly heterogeneous, and may not be informative for pathogenetic investigations of bipolar disorder. |
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Keywords: | cognition declarative memory development juvenile mania pediatric bipolar disorder |
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