Are bipolar II patients cognitively impaired? A systematic review

Are bipolar II patients cognitively impaired? A systematic review.

BACKGROUND There is evidence that bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with significant neurocognitive deficits and this occurs in individuals with BD type I (BD I) and with BD type II (BD II). Only a few studies have focused on cognitive impairment in BD II. The aim of this study was to describe the pattern of cognitive impairment in patients with BD II, in order to identify specific cognitive ...

An Intervention Framework for Cognitively Impaired Patients

People suffering from memory impairments experience decreased concentration, with difficulty in recalling and thinking. Inhabitants in a smart home are surrounded by multiple sensors and the sensor data collected provide information about the inhabitant’s interaction with the environment. Sensor data can be used to monitor the cognitive disabilities of the person by studying their behaviour in ...

Pain in cognitively impaired nursing home patients.

Pain is an understudied problem in frail elderly patients, especially those with cognitive impairment, delirium, or dementia. The focus of this study was to describe the pain experienced by patients in skilled nursing homes, which have a high prevalence of cognitive impairment. A random sample of 325 subjects was selected from ten community skilled nursing homes. Subjects underwent a cross-sect...

Personality disorders in euthymic bipolar patients: a systematic review.

OBJECTIVE To identify, by means of a systematic review, the frequency with which comorbid personality disorders (PDs) have been assessed in studies of euthymic bipolar patients. METHODS PubMed, ciELO and PsychINFO databases were searched for eligible articles published between 1997 and 2013. After screening 1,249 empirical papers, two independent reviewers identified three articles evaluating...

Novel Antipsychotics for Patients with Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Review