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Neuropsychological and social cognitive function in young people at genetic risk of bipolar disorder.
Psychological medicine - 1 Mar 2016
McCormack C, Green M J, Rowland J E, Roberts G, Frankland A, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Joslyn C, Lau P, Wright A, Levy F, Lenroot R K, Mitchell P B
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BACKGROUND: Impairments in key neuropsychological domains (e.g. working memory, attention) and social cognitive deficits have been implicated as intermediate (endo) phenotypes for bipolar disorder (BD), and should therefore be evident in unaffected relatives. METHOD: Neurocognitive and social cognitive ability was examined in 99 young people (age range 16-30 years) with a biological parent or sibling diagnosed...
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