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A prospective study of the association among impaired executive functioning, childhood attentional problems, and the development of bipolar disorder.
Development and psychopathology - 1 Jan 2004
Meyer Stephanie E, Carlson Gabrielle A, Wiggs Edythe A, Martinez Pedro E, Ronsaville Donna S, Klimes-Dougan Bonnie, Gold Philip W, Radke-Yarrow Marian
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Studies of adults who have been diagnosed with, and treated for, bipolar disorder have shown that these patients exhibit impairment on measures of executive functioning. However, it is unclear whether executive dysfunction precedes the diagnosis of bipolar illness, or develops subsequent to its onset. Moreover, investigators have failed to control for the effects of premorbid attentional problems on cognitive...
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