Memory Functioning and its Correlates in Bipolar Affective Disorder: Current Episode Depression

Present study aimed to evaluate the memory functioning in BAD current episode depression in comparison to normal controls. It too aimed to see the memory functions in the study group as per the age, gender and duration of illness. The study was conducted in Central institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Ranchi and Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Kanke, Ranchi. Bipolar affective disorder current episode depression, who have been diagnosed as per ICD-10, DCR criteria and have been attending OPD of CIP and RINPAS. The sample comprised of 60 patients from BAD group current episode depression (30 males and 30 females) and 60 normal control (30 males and 30 females). The result of the study show that as compared to healthy controls the patient group has significantly poorer performance on memory tasks. In this study we found that females have better remote memory than males across the group of BAD current episode depression. Age was seen as the predictor of cognitive decline in BAD patients and in this study remote memory is seen decreasing with age in BAD patents currently in depression. There was no significant difference in memory functions as per duration of illness.