1Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psyehiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
2Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psyehiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
3Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psyehiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
4Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psyehiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
5Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psyehiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Online published on 10 January, 2012.
Bipolar Affective Disorder (BAD) is characterized by recurrent episodes of mania and depression interspersed with episodes of complete recovery. However. some residual cognitive deficits are reported. The. present study examined cognitive symptoms of patients of bipolar affective disorder current episode mania in terms of deficits in attention/concentration, executive functions, memory, visual processing and language. Thirty patients with bipolar affective disorder current episode mania diagnosed according to ICD-10 criteria and thirty normal participants matched in age and gender were taken for the study. Participants were individually assessed on cognitive symptom checklist to examine the status of cognitive functions. In comparison to normal participants manic patients felt significant problems in almost all the areas under study except activities of daily living related to safety.
Bipolar affective disorder, manic state, cognitive symptoms
