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BIPOLAR DISORDERS
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 13-27Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12821
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- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship [1088785]
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) [PI16/01770]
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) [R01MH100125, R21MH110699]
- VA Merit [I01CH000995]
- Lundbeck Foundation
- Weimann Foundation
- NIH
- Dunn Foundation
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Objectives Cognitive dysfunction affects a significant proportion of people with bipolar disorder (BD), but the cause, trajectory and correlates of such dysfunction remains unclear. Increased understanding of these factors is required to progress treatment development for this symptom dimension. Methods This paper provides a critical overview of the literature concerning the trajectories and emerging correlates of cognitive functioning in BD. It is a narrative review in which we provide a qualitative synthesis of current evidence concerning clinical, molecular, neural and lifestyle correlates of cognitive impairment in BD across the lifespan (in premorbid, prodromal, early onset, post-onset, elderly cohorts). Results There is emerging evidence of empirical links between cognitive impairment and an increased inflammatory state, brain structural abnormalities and reduced neuroprotection in BD. However, evidence regarding the progressive nature of cognitive impairment is mixed, since consensus between different cross-sectional data is lacking and does not align to the outcomes of the limited longitudinal studies available. Increased recognition of cognitive heterogeneity in BD may help to explain some inconsistencies in the extant literature. Conclusions Large, longitudinally focussed studies of cognition and its covariation alongside biological and lifestyle factors are required to better define cognitive trajectories in BD, and eventually pave the way for the application of a precision medicine approach for individual patients in clinical practice.
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