Open AccessNeuro-cognitive functioning in unaffected siblings of patients with bipolar disorder: Comparison with bipolar patients and healthy controls
Author(s) -
Ritu Nehra,
Sandeep Grover,
Sunil Kumar Sharma,
Aditi Sharma,
Siddharth Sarkar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.140645
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , endophenotype , bipolar disorder , psychology , verbal memory , audiology , executive functions , psychomotor learning , visual memory , wisconsin card sorting test , cognition , wechsler adult intelligence scale , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , neuropsychology
Neurocognitive tests can provide reliable endophenotypes for bipolar disorder (BD). The aim of this study was to compare the neurocognitive functioning of unaffected siblings of patients of bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) with that of patients with BD and a group of healthy controls.