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Kong L, Chen Y, Shen Y, Zhang D, Wei C, Lai J, Hu S. Progress and Implications from Genetic Studies of Bipolar Disorder. Neurosci Bull 2024; 40:1160-1172. [PMID: 38206551 PMCID: PMC11306703 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-023-01169-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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With the advancements in gene sequencing technologies, including genome-wide association studies, polygenetic risk scores, and high-throughput sequencing, there has been a tremendous advantage in mapping a detailed blueprint for the genetic model of bipolar disorder (BD). To date, intriguing genetic clues have been identified to explain the development of BD, as well as the genetic association that might be applied for the development of susceptibility prediction and pharmacogenetic intervention. Risk genes of BD, such as CACNA1C, ANK3, TRANK1, and CLOCK, have been found to be involved in various pathophysiological processes correlated with BD. Although the specific roles of these genes have yet to be determined, genetic research on BD will help improve the prevention, therapeutics, and prognosis in clinical practice. The latest preclinical and clinical studies, and reviews of the genetics of BD, are analyzed in this review, aiming to summarize the progress in this intriguing field and to provide perspectives for individualized, precise, and effective clinical practice.
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- Lingzhuo Kong
- Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
- The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder Management in Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
- Brain Research Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
- Zhejiang Engineering Center for Mathematical Mental Health, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
- Department of Neurobiology, NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Brain Science and Brian Medicine, and MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain-machine Integration, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
- The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder Management in Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
- Brain Research Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
- Zhejiang Engineering Center for Mathematical Mental Health, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
- Department of Neurobiology, NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Brain Science and Brian Medicine, and MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain-machine Integration, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
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Bogie BJM, Noël C, Alftieh A, MacDonald J, Lei YT, Mongeon J, Mayaud C, Dans P, Guimond S. Verbal memory impairments in mood disorders and psychotic disorders: A systematic review of comparative studies. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2024; 129:110891. [PMID: 37931773 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2023.110891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mood and psychotic disorders are both associated with verbal memory impairments. Verbal memory represents an important treatment target for both disorders. However, whether the neurocognitive and neurophysiological profiles of verbal memory impairments differ between specific disorders within these two diagnostic categories and healthy controls remains unclear. The current systematic review synthesized findings from comparative studies which used behavioural and neuroimaging tasks to investigate verbal memory impairments between: (1) mood disorder, psychotic disorder, and healthy control groups; and (2) mood disorder without psychotic features, mood disorder with psychotic features, and healthy control groups. METHODS The search strategy combined terms related to three main concepts: 'mood disorders', 'psychotic disorders', and 'verbal memory'. Searches were executed in Embase, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, and PubMed databases. A total of 38 articles met the full eligibility criteria and were included in the final narrative synthesis. Findings were stratified by memory domain (overall composite score, verbal working memory, immediate recall, delayed recall, and recognition memory) and by illness phase (acute and non-acute). RESULTS Mood and psychotic disorders displayed consistent verbal memory impairments compared to healthy controls during the acute and non-acute phases. Few significant differences were identified in the literature between mood and psychotic disorders, and between mood disorders with and without psychotic features. Individuals with schizophrenia were found to have decreased immediate and delayed verbal recall performance compared to bipolar disorder groups during the acute phase. Major depressive disorder groups with psychotic features were also found to have decreased delayed verbal recall performance compared to those without psychosis during the acute phase. No consistent differences were identified between mood and psychotic disorders during the non-acute phase. Finally, preliminary evidence suggests there may be functional abnormalities in important frontal and temporal brain regions related to verbal memory difficulties in both mood and psychotic disorders. DISCUSSION The current findings have potential implications for the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairments in mood and psychotic disorders. Verbal recall memory may serve as a sensitive tool in the risk stratification of cognitive impairments for certain mood and psychotic disorders. Moreover, since no widespread differences between clinical groups were identified, the evidence supports providing targeted interventions for verbal memory, such as pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, through a trans-diagnostic approach in mood and psychotic disorders.
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- Bryce J M Bogie
- MD/PhD Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
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- The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada
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- The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bordeaux, France
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- Temerty Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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Śmierciak N, Krzyściak W, Szwajca M, Karcz P, Bryll A, Popiela TJ, Donicz P, Turek A, Aleksandrovych V, Pilecki M. Benefits and Meaning of Lipids Profile in Relation to Oxidative Balance and Brain Morphology in Schizophrenia. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11375. [PMID: 37511134 PMCID: PMC10379229 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia is characterized by complex metabolic dysregulations and their consequences. Until now, numerous theories have explained its pathogenesis, using a spectrum of available technologies. We focused our interest on lipid profile-periphery high-density cholesterol level and lipoproteins in the human brain and compared magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of patients with schizophrenia and the healthy group. Detailed analysis of biochemical parameters was performed using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Our study aimed to reveal correlations between periphery high-density lipoproteins levels and lipoproteins in the brain, depicted in MRI scans, and parameters of peripheral oxidative stress expressed as paraoxonase. Patients with schizophrenia have decreased levels of high-density lipoproteins, low paraoxonase activity, and slightly raised sodium in the blood. Positive significant correlations between serum high-density cholesterol and anterior cingulate cortex, unique brain area for schizophrenia pathophysiology, MR spectroscopy signals, and diffusion have been revealed. To our knowledge, this is the first study to describe the effect of an anterior cingulate disorder on high-density cholesterol levels on the development of schizophrenia.
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- Natalia Śmierciak
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Medical Diagnostics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 30-688 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Electroradiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-126 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
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- Doctoral School of Medical and Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-530 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-121 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
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Sumiyoshi C, Ohi K, Fujino H, Yamamori H, Fujimoto M, Yasuda Y, Uno Y, Takahashi J, Morita K, Katsuki A, Yamamoto M, Okahisa Y, Sata A, Katsumoto E, Koeda M, Hirano Y, Nakataki M, Matsumoto J, Miura K, Hashimoto N, Makinodan M, Takahashi T, Nemoto K, Kishimoto T, Suzuki M, Sumiyoshi T, Hashimoto R. Transdiagnostic comparisons of intellectual abilities and work outcome in patients with mental disorders: multicentre study. BJPsych Open 2022; 8:e98. [PMID: 35656577 PMCID: PMC9230699 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2022.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment is common in people with mental disorders, leading to transdiagnostic classification based on cognitive characteristics. However, few studies have used this approach for intellectual abilities and functional outcomes. AIMS The present study aimed to classify people with mental disorders based on intellectual abilities and functional outcomes in a data-driven manner. METHOD Seven hundred and forty-nine patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression disorder or autism spectrum disorder and 1030 healthy control subjects were recruited from facilities in various regions of Japan. Two independent k-means cluster analyses were performed. First, intelligence variables (current estimated IQ, premorbid IQ, and IQ discrepancy) were included. Second, number of work hours per week was included instead of premorbid IQ. RESULTS Four clusters were identified in the two analyses. These clusters were specifically characterised in terms of IQ discrepancy in the first cluster analysis, whereas the work variable was the most salient feature in the second cluster analysis. Distributions of clinical diagnoses in the two cluster analyses showed that all diagnoses were unevenly represented across the clusters. CONCLUSIONS Intellectual abilities and work outcomes are effective classifiers in transdiagnostic approaches. The results of our study also suggest the importance of diagnosis-specific strategies to support functional recovery in people with mental disorders.
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- Chika Sumiyoshi
- Faculty of Human Development and Culture, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Preventive Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders and Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan; and Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan; and Japan Community Health Care Organization, Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan; and Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan; and Medical Corporation Foster, Life Grow Brilliant Mental Clinic, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Day Hospital (Psychiatric Day Care) Department of Rehabilitation, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Nijofukushikai Social Welfare Corporation Senjuen, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nippon Medical School, Tama Nagayama Hospital, Tama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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Vlcek P, Bob P. Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Pre-Attentional Inhibitory Deficits. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2022; 18:821-827. [PMID: 35422621 PMCID: PMC9005071 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s352157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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According to recent findings schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as separate disease entities manifest similarities in neuropsychological functioning. Typical disturbances in both disorders are related to sensory gating deficits characterized by decreased inhibitory functions in responses to various insignificant perceptual signals which are experimentally tested by event related potentials (ERP) and measured P50 wave. In this context, recent findings implicate that disrupted binding and disintegration of consciousness in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that are related to inhibitory deficits reflected in P50 response may explain similarities in psychotic disturbances in both disorders. With this aim, this review summarizes literature about P50 in both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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- Premysl Vlcek
- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Neuropsychiatric Research of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry and UHSL, First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, & Faculty of Medicine Pilsen, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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El Nagar Z, El Shahawi HH, Effat SM, El Sheikh MM, Adel A, Ibrahim YA, Aufa OM. Single episode brief psychotic disorder versus bipolar disorder: A diffusion tensor imaging and executive functions study. Schizophr Res Cogn 2022; 27:100214. [PMID: 34557386 PMCID: PMC8446778 DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2021.100214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite fast progress in neuroscientific approaches, the neurobiological continuum links psychotic spectrum, and affective disorder is obscure. White matter WM abnormalities found utilizing Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) showing impaired communication in both disorders have been consistently demonstrated; however, direct comparisons of findings between them are scarce. This study aims to study WM abnormalities in single episode bipolar I disorder, and single episode brief psychotic disorder related to healthy control with the association of executive function. METHODS A cross-sectional case-control study was used to assess 60 subjects divided into 20 patients with single episode bipolar I disorder, 20 individuals with single episode brief psychotic disorder (both groups of patients were in remission), and 20 healthy controls. The present study examined the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), and cingulum bundle fractional anisotropy (FA) determined from DTI images symmetrically and connected these results with cognitive functions as assessed by the trail making test (TMT) and Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST). RESULTS DTI data indicated that the psychotic group had a significant decrease in FA of the right SLF (p-value less than 0.001), left SLF (p-value less than 0.001), and left cingulum (p-value less than 0.001) than the bipolar I group. In terms of executive functioning, the psychotic group performed significantly worse than the bipolar I group on the TMT part B (p-value less than 0.001), the WCST (number of classifications fulfilled) (p-value less than 0.001), and perseverative errors (p-value less than 0.001). CONCLUSION Even after clinical remission, individuals with single episode brief psychotic disorder had more pronounced white matter impairments and executive function deficiencies than individuals with single episode bipolar I disorder.
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- Zeinab El Nagar
- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Johnson MC, Sathappan A, Hanly JG, Ross GS, Hauptman AJ, Stone WS, Simon KM. From the Blood-Brain Barrier to Childhood Development: A Case of Acute-Onset Psychosis and Cognitive Impairment Attributed to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in an Adolescent Female. Harv Rev Psychiatry 2022; 30:71-82. [PMID: 34995037 DOI: 10.1097/hrp.0000000000000315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES After participating in this CME activity, the clinician will be better able to:• Interpret classifications of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE).• Identify determining factors of neuropsychiatric events.• Analyze current evidence regarding disease pathways for NPSLE.
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- Matthew C Johnson
- From Harvard Medical School (Drs. Johnson, Sathappan, Hauptman, Stone, and Simon); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Drs. Johnson, Sathappan, and Stone); Dalhousie University (Dr. Hanly); Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Weill Cornell Medical College (Dr. Ross); Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (Dr. Hauptman); Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (Dr. Simon)
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Hua JPY, Mathalon DH. Cortical and Subcortical Structural Morphometric Profiles in Individuals with Nonaffective and Affective Early Illness Psychosis. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN OPEN 2022; 3:sgac028. [PMID: 39144757 PMCID: PMC11206002 DOI: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgac028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
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Research has found strong evidence for common and distinct morphometric brain abnormality profiles in nonaffective psychosis (NAff-P) and affective psychosis (Aff-P). Due to chronicity and prolonged medication exposure confounds, it is crucial to examine structural morphometry early in the course of psychosis. Using Human Connectome Project-Early Psychosis data, multivariate profile analyses were implemented to examine regional profiles for cortical thickness, cortical surface area, subcortical volume, and ventricular volume in healthy control (HC; n = 56), early illness NAff-P (n = 83), and Aff-P (n = 30) groups after accounting for normal aging. Associations with symptom severity, functioning, and cognition were also examined. Group regional profiles were significantly nonparallel and differed in level for cortical thickness (P < .001), with NAff-P having widespread cortical thinning relative to HC and Aff-P and some regions showing greater deficits than others. Significant nonparallelism of group regional profiles was also evident for cortical surface area (P < .006), with Aff-P and N-Aff-P differing from HC and from each other (P < .001). For subcortical volume, there was significant profile nonparallelism with NAff-P having an enlarged left pallidum and smaller accumbens and hippocampus (P < .028), and Aff-P having a smaller accumbens and amygdala (P < .006), relative to HC. NAff-P also had larger basal ganglia compared to Aff-P. Furthermore, NAff-P had enlarged ventricles (P < .055) compared to HC and Aff-P. Additionally, greater ventricular volume was associated with increased manic symptoms in NAff-P and Aff-P. Overall, this study found common and distinct regional morphometric profile abnormalities in early illness NAff-P and Aff-P, providing evidence for both shared and disease-specific pathophysiological processes.
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- Jessica P Y Hua
- Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Centers, San Francisco VA Medical Center, and the University of California, San Francisco, CA,USA
- Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Afshari B, Shiri N, Ghoreishi FS, Valianpour M. Examination and Comparison of Cognitive and Executive Functions in Clinically Stable Schizophrenia Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder. DEPRESSION RESEARCH AND TREATMENT 2020; 2020:2543541. [PMID: 33414961 PMCID: PMC7752301 DOI: 10.1155/2020/2543541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Schizophrenia (SC), bipolar disorder (BD), and major depressive disorder (MDD) are associated with various cognitive and executive dysfunctions. The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare cognitive and executive dysfunctions in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-four schizophrenia patients, 68 bipolar patients, 62 patients with major depressive disorder, and 75 healthy individuals participated in the present study. All participants were assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Trial Making Test (TMT), Four-Choice Reaction Time Task, Ruler Drop Method (RDM), Tower of London (TOL) task, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task (WCST). Data were analyzed by chi-square, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, and independent t-tests; ANOVA; and MANOVA. RESULTS In the cognitive function, the scores of SC, BD, and MDD patients were lower than those of healthy individuals. Also, the scores of MDD patients were lower than those of other patients, and the scores of BD patients were lower than those of SC patients. In the executive function, the scores of SC, BD, and MDD patients were lower than those of healthy individuals. Moreover, the scores of the MDD group were higher than those of the BD and SC groups, and the scores of the SC group were higher than those of the BD group. CONCLUSION Patients with SC, BD, and MDD have poorer cognitive and executive functions than healthy individuals, even when these patients are in a stable state. Assessment of cognitive and executive functions in SC, BD, and MDD patients can help in understanding the pathology of these disorders.
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- Kashan University of Medical Science, Kashan, Iran
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Ceylan D, Akdede BB, Bora E, Aktener AY, Hıdıroğlu Ongun C, Tunca Z, Alptekin K, Özerdem A. Neurocognitive functioning during symptomatic states and remission in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: A comparative study. Psychiatry Res 2020; 292:113292. [PMID: 32707217 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Aims Patients with bipolar disorder present milder cognitive impairment in comparison to patients with schizophrenia. Psychotic symptoms are associated with poorer cognitive functioning in both disorders. We aim to compare cognitive dysfunction between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia across symptomatic and remitted states. Methods An extensive cognitive battery was used to assess bipolar disorder patients (32 in manic episodes with psychotic features, 44 in euthymia), patients with schizophrenia (41 symptomatic, 39 remitted), and 55 healthy controls. A global cognitive factor and six neurocognitive domain factors were identified using principal component analyses. Results Global cognition components differed according to both illness and remission status; working memory differed according to remission status regardless of diagnosis; verbal fluency differed according to diagnosis regardless of remission status. An omnibus F test revealed that the remission state had a significant impact on processing speed in schizophrenia. Conclusion Our data suggest that both disorders are associated with state dependent (i.e., global cognition and working memory) and diagnosis dependent (i.e., global cognition and verbal fluency) neurocognitive dysfunctions. Processing speed was exclusively influenced by symptomatic states of schizophrenia.
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- Deniz Ceylan
- Koç University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey; Izmir University of Economics, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Izmir University of Economics, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey; Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
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- Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey; Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Carlton South, Victoria 3053, Australia
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- Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
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- Izmir University of Economics, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey; Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
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- Mayo Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Huang YC, Lee Y, Lee CY, Lin PY, Hung CF, Lee SY, Wang LJ. Defining cognitive and functional profiles in schizophrenia and affective disorders. BMC Psychiatry 2020; 20:39. [PMID: 32005199 PMCID: PMC6995055 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-2459-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Neurocognitive dysfunction is a common symptom of various major psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, major depressive disorder (MDD), and bipolar I disorder (BD). In this study, we investigated whether cognitive profiles and daily skill functioning could effectively differentiate between patients with schizophrenia, MDD, and BD. METHOD In this cross-sectional study, we recruited a total of 63 patients with schizophrenia, 55 patients with MDD, 43 patients with BD, and 92 healthy control subjects. We evaluated participants' cognitive functions and functional capacity using the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) and the UCSD Performance-based Skills Assessment, Brief Version (UPSA-B), respectively. Multivariate analysis of covariance was then adopted to determine inter-group differences in BACS and UPSA-B performance. RESULTS The BACS was capable of differentiating patients with a major psychiatric disorder (schizophrenia, MDD, and BD) from healthy subjects. Furthermore, schizophrenia patients had poorer motor speed performance than patients with affective disorders. The UPSA-B, particularly the financial portion, was able to distinguish schizophrenia patients from other groups. However, we did not observe any differences in UPSA-B performance between patients with mood disorders and the healthy controls. No significant difference between patients with BD and those with MDD were observed in either cognitive function or in functional capacity. The performances of the BACS and the UPSA-B were positively correlated, particularly in the MDD group. CONCLUSION Considering overall performance, the BACS and the UPSA-B characterize different endophenotyping profiles in the aforementioned four participant groups. Therefore, the results support the need for comprehensive assessments that target both cognitive function and functional capacity for patients with major psychiatric disorders.
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- Yu-Chi Huang
- grid.145695.aDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- grid.145695.aDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- grid.145695.aDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- grid.145695.aDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- grid.145695.aDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- 0000 0004 0572 9992grid.415011.0Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan ,0000 0001 0425 5914grid.260770.4Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan ,0000 0000 9476 5696grid.412019.fDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, and Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, No.123, Ta-Pei Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Neurocognitive impairment and evidence-based treatment options in Bipolar disorder. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2020; 19:54. [PMID: 32983247 PMCID: PMC7513501 DOI: 10.1186/s12991-020-00304-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The current paper briefly summarizes the literature on the neurocognitive deficit and its treatment in BD patients. METHODS The material was chosen on the basis of previous systematic reviews the author has taken part in. RESULTS The data so far suggest that the deficit is qualitatively similar but quantitatively milder in comparison to schizophrenia, it is present already since the first episode, is weakly related to mood symptoms and somewhat stronger to psychotic symptoms, it probably determines much of the disability and treatment is problematic. This deficit is also present during periods of euthymia. The possible adverse effect of psychotropic medication is rather small if any at all and is confounded by the specific clinical symptoms, for which medication is used for their treatment. This is especially true concerning antipsychotics and psychotic symptoms. The origin and the etiopathogenesis of the core neurocognitive impairment remain elusive. The presence of a neurodegenerative and of a neurodevelopmental component has both data in favor and against and they are both the focus of debate. CONCLUSIONS Treatment of the neurocognitive deficit and restoration of functioning is problematic. The data are limited and treatment options are few and with a weak overall effect. Pharmacological treatments, ECT and rTMS present some hard data, while the literature is inconclusive concerning psychotherapeutic interventions.
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Hanlon FM, Yeo RA, Shaff NA, Wertz CJ, Dodd AB, Bustillo JR, Stromberg SF, Lin DS, Abrams S, Liu J, Mayer AR. A symptom-based continuum of psychosis explains cognitive and real-world functional deficits better than traditional diagnoses. Schizophr Res 2019; 208:344-352. [PMID: 30711315 PMCID: PMC6544465 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with psychotic spectrum disorders share overlapping clinical/biological features, making it often difficult to separate them into a discrete nosology (i.e., Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [DSM]). METHODS The current study investigated whether a continuum classification scheme based on symptom burden would improve conceptualizations for cognitive and real-world dysfunction relative to traditional DSM nosology. Two independent samples (New Mexico [NM] and Bipolar and Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes [B-SNIP]) of patients with schizophrenia (NM: N = 93; B-SNIP: N = 236), bipolar disorder Type I (NM: N = 42; B-SNIP: N = 195) or schizoaffective disorder (NM: N = 15; B-SNIP: N = 148) and matched healthy controls (NM: N = 64; B-SNIP: N = 717) were examined. Linear regressions examined how variance differed as a function of classification scheme (DSM diagnosis, negative and positive symptom burden, or a three-cluster solution based on symptom burden). RESULTS Symptom-based classification schemes (continuous and clustered) accounted for a significantly larger portion of captured variance of real-world functioning relative to DSM diagnoses across both samples. The symptom-based classification schemes accounted for large percentages of variance for general cognitive ability and cognitive domains in the NM sample. However, in the B-SNIP sample, symptom-based classification schemes accounted for roughly equivalent variance as DSM diagnoses. A potential mediating variable across samples was the strength of the relationship between negative symptoms and impaired cognition. CONCLUSIONS Current results support suggestions that a continuum perspective of psychopathology may be more powerful for explaining real-world functioning than the DSM diagnostic nosology, whereas results for cognitive dysfunction were sample dependent.
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- Faith M Hanlon
- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, 1101 Yale Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, 2001 Redondo S Dr., Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, 1101 Yale Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, 1101 Yale Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, 1101 Yale Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC09 5030, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Clinical Program, Presbyterian Healthcare System, 1325 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC09 5030, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC09 5030, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, 1101 Yale Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- The Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, 1101 Yale Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA; Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, 2001 Redondo S Dr., Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC09 5030, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC10 5620, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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Menkes MW, Armstrong K, Blackford JU, Heckers S, Woodward ND. Neuropsychological functioning in early and chronic stages of schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder. Schizophr Res 2019; 206:413-419. [PMID: 31104720 PMCID: PMC6530584 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neuropsychological impairment is common in schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder. It has been hypothesized that the pathways leading to impairment differ between disorders. Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia is believed to result largely from atypical neurodevelopment, whereas bipolar disorder is increasingly conceptualized as a neuroprogressive disorder. The current investigation tested several key predictions of this hypothesis. METHODS Current neuropsychological functioning and estimated premorbid intellectual ability were assessed in healthy individuals (n = 260) and a large, cross-sectional sample of individuals in the early and chronic stages of psychosis (n = 410). We tested the following hypotheses: 1) cognitive impairment is more severe in schizophrenia in the early stage of psychosis; and 2) cognitive decline between early and chronic stages is relatively greater in psychotic bipolar disorder. Additionally, individuals with psychosis were classified as neuropsychologically normal, deteriorated, and compromised (i.e. below average intellectual functioning) to determine if the frequencies of neuropsychologically compromised and deteriorated patients were higher in schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder, respectively. RESULTS Neuropsychological impairment in the early stage of psychosis was more severe in schizophrenia. Psychotic bipolar disorder was not associated with relatively greater cognitive decline between illness stages. The frequency of neuropsychologically compromised patients was higher in schizophrenia; however, substantial portions of both schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder patients were classified as neuropsychologically compromised and deteriorated. CONCLUSIONS While schizophrenia is associated with relatively greater neurodevelopmental involvement, psychotic bipolar disorder and schizophrenia cannot be strictly dichotomized into purely neuroprogressive and neurodevelopmental illness trajectories; there is evidence of both processes in each disorder.
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- Margo W. Menkes
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN,Research Service, Tennessee Valley HealthCare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Wang AM, Pradhan S, Coughlin JM, Trivedi A, DuBois SL, Crawford JL, Sedlak TW, Nucifora FC, Nestadt G, Nucifora LG, Schretlen DJ, Sawa A, Barker PB. Assessing Brain Metabolism With 7-T Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Patients With First-Episode Psychosis. JAMA Psychiatry 2019; 76:314-323. [PMID: 30624573 PMCID: PMC6439827 DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.3637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
IMPORTANCE The use of high-field magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in multiple brain regions of a large population of human participants facilitates in vivo study of localized or diffusely altered brain metabolites in patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) compared to healthy participants. OBJECTIVE To compare metabolite levels in 5 brain regions between patients with FEP (evaluated within 2 years of onset) and healthy controls, and to explore possible associations between targeted metabolite levels and neuropsychological test performance. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional design used 7-T MRS at a research MR imaging facility in participants recruited from clinics at the Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center and the local population. Eighty-one patients who had received a DSM-IV diagnosis of FEP within the last 2 years and 91 healthy age-matched (but not sex-matched) volunteers participated. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Brain metabolite levels including glutamate, glutamine, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), N-acetylaspartate, N-acetylaspartyl glutamate, and glutathione, as well as performance on neuropsychological tests. RESULTS The mean (SD) age of 81 patients with FEP was 22.3 (4.4) years and 57 were male, while the mean (SD) age of 91 healthy participants was 23.3 (3.9) years and 42 were male. Compared with healthy participants, patients with FEP had lower levels of glutamate (F1,162 = 8.63, P = .02), N-acetylaspartate (F1,161 = 5.93, P = .03), GABA (F1,163 = 6.38, P = .03), and glutathione (F1,162 = 4.79, P = .04) in the anterior cingulate (all P values are corrected for multiple comparisons); lower levels of N-acetylaspartate in the orbitofrontal region (F1,136 = 7.23, P = .05) and thalamus (F1,133 = 6.78, P = .03); and lower levels of glutathione in the thalamus (F1,135 = 7.57, P = .03). Among patients with FEP, N-acetylaspartate levels in the centrum semiovale white matter were significantly correlated with performance on neuropsychological tests, including processing speed (r = 0.48; P < .001), visual (r = 0.33; P = .04) and working (r = 0.38; P = .01) memory, and overall cognitive performance (r = 0.38; P = .01). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Seven-tesla MRS offers insights into biochemical changes associated with FEP and may be a useful tool for probing brain metabolism that ranges from neurotransmission to stress-associated pathways in participants with psychosis.
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- Anna M. Wang
- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland,Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland,Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland,Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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Yildirim MH, Yildirim EA, Carpar E, Coskun T, Ipekcioglu D, Canturk G. Hand functions in patients with schizophrenia: A clinical comparison with bipolar disorder and healthy subjects. Compr Psychiatry 2018; 87:53-58. [PMID: 30199666 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Failure to achieve expected level of motor functioning may be a significant contributor to social withdrawal and further attenuation of life quality in patients with schizophrenia. Hand functioning is one of the most crucial entities in that manner. This study aimed to reveal this question by means of comparing patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder who are receiving similar antipsychotic psychopharmacological agents along with healthy control subjects. METHODS 99 patients with schizophrenia were compared to 40 patients with bipolar disorder matched according to the received pharmacotherapy comprising similar antipsychotics and 81 medication-free socio-demographically matched healthy control subjects. The materials were Hand Functional Index (HFI), Duruoz Hand Index (DHI), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) along with clinical characteristics. RESULTS Difference in total scores of DHI and HFI between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and control groups were extremely significant (p < 0.001). Further post-hoc subgroup analysis revealed that patients with schizophrenia demonstrated higher scores of HFI indicating worse performance when compared to both bipolar disorder and control group. Significantly higher scores of DHI in patients with schizophrenia than healthy controls were noted. CONCLUSION Independent from the impact of the medication use, impairment in hand functions was found to be more frequently seen in schizophrenia when compared to patients with bipolar disorder and healthy subjects. It is evident that hand function impairment is seen independent from psychopharmacological side effect, and is recommended to be assessed as a possible preventable and retractable manifestation of schizophrenia.
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- Munevver Hacioglu Yildirim
- Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Psychotherapy Outpatient Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Psychotherapy Outpatient Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of General Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of General Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of General Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Yalova State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Yalova, Turkey
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Sheffield JM, Karcher NR, Barch DM. Cognitive Deficits in Psychotic Disorders: A Lifespan Perspective. Neuropsychol Rev 2018; 28:509-533. [PMID: 30343458 DOI: 10.1007/s11065-018-9388-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Individuals with disorders that include psychotic symptoms (i.e. psychotic disorders) experience broad cognitive impairments in the chronic state, indicating a dimension of abnormality associated with the experience of psychosis. These impairments negatively impact functional outcome, contributing to the disabling nature of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression. The robust and reliable nature of cognitive deficits has led researchers to explore the timing and profile of impairments, as this may elucidate different neurodevelopmental patterns in individuals who experience psychosis. Here, we review the literature on cognitive deficits across the life span of individuals with psychotic disorder and psychotic-like experiences, highlighting the dimensional nature of both psychosis and cognitive ability. We identify premorbid generalized cognitive impairment in schizophrenia that worsens throughout development, and stabilizes by the first-episode of psychosis, suggesting a neurodevelopmental course. Research in affective psychosis is less clear, with mixed evidence regarding premorbid deficits, but a fairly reliable generalized deficit at first-episode, which appears to worsen into the chronic state. In general, cognitive impairments are most severe in schizophrenia, intermediate in bipolar disorder, and the least severe in psychotic depression. In all groups, cognitive deficits are associated with poorer functional outcome. Finally, while the generalized deficit is the clearest and most reliable signal, data suggests specific deficits in verbal memory across all groups, specific processing speed impairments in schizophrenia and executive functioning impairments in bipolar disorder. Cognitive deficits are a core feature of psychotic disorders that provide a window into understanding developmental course and risk for psychosis.
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- Julia M Sheffield
- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1601 23rd Ave S, Nashville, TN, 37212, USA.
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- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Department of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Heads Up: The Presentation of Schizoaffective Disorder in an Elite College Soccer Player with Prior Concussion. Harv Rev Psychiatry 2018; 25:302-310. [PMID: 29117025 DOI: 10.1097/hrp.0000000000000147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tuozzo C, Lyall AE, Pasternak O, James AD, Crow TJ, Kubicki M. Patients with chronic bipolar disorder exhibit widespread increases in extracellular free water. Bipolar Disord 2018; 20:523-530. [PMID: 29227016 PMCID: PMC6420814 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Bipolar disorder (BP) is a debilitating psychiatric disease that is not well understood. Previous diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) studies of BP patients found prominent microstructural white matter (WM) abnormalities of reduced fractional anisotropy (FA). Because FA is a nonspecific measure, relating these abnormalities to a specific pathology is difficult. Here, dMRI specificity was increased by free water (FW) imaging, which allows identification of changes in extracellular space (FW) from neuronal tissue (fractional anisotropy of tissue [FA-t]). Previous studies identified increased FW in early schizophrenia (SZ) stages which was replaced by widespread decreased FA-t in chronic stages. This is the first analysis utilizing this method to compare BP patients and controls. METHODS 3 Tesla diffusion weighted imaging (3T DWI) data were acquired for 17 chronic BP and 28 healthy control (HC) participants at Oxford University. Tract-based spatial statistics was utilized to generate a WM skeleton. FW imaging deconstructed the diffusion signal into extracellular FW and tissue FA-t maps. These maps were projected onto the skeleton and FA, FA-t, and FW were compared between groups. RESULTS We found significantly lower FA in BP patients when compared to HC in areas that overlapped with extensive FW increases. There were no FA-t differences. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that chronic BP shows similar WM changes to early SZ, suggesting that extracellular FW increases could be a transient indication of recent psychotic episodes. Since FW increase in SZ has been suggested to be related to neuroinflammation, we theorize that neuroinflammation might be a shared pathology between chronic BP and early SZ.
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- Carissa Tuozzo
- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- SANE POWIC, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK
- Highfield Unit, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK
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- SANE POWIC, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Chen CK, Lee CY, Lee Y, Hung CF, Huang YC, Lee SY, Huang MC, Chong MY, Chen YC, Wang LJ. Could schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder be distinguishable using cognitive profiles? Psychiatry Res 2018; 266:79-84. [PMID: 29852325 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
Abstract
This study seeks to determine whether the cognition profiles of patients with schizoaffective disorder (SAD), schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder (BD) are distinguishable. A total of 227 participants, comprising 88 healthy control subjects, 50 patients with SAD, 48 patients with schizophrenia and 41 patients with BD, were recruited. The participants' cognitive functions were evaluated using the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS). A discriminant functions analysis (DFA) was conducted to determine whether using cognitive performance can be used to distinguish these participant groups. Relative to healthy control subjects, patients with SAD, schizophrenia and BD exhibited significant deficits in all cognitive domains (verbal memory, working memory, motor speed, verbal fluency, attention and processing speed, executive function and a composite BACS score). Among the three patient groups, the schizophrenia group exhibited particularly impaired motor speed, and the BD group performed best in attention, processing speed, executive function and the composite BACS score. The classification accuracy rates of patients with SAD, schizophrenia and BD in the DFA model were 38%, 47.9% and 46.3%, respectively. These findings suggest that the impairments of some cognitive domains were less severe in patients with BD than in patients with schizophrenia or SAD.
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- Chih-Ken Chen
- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan; Chang Gung University School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, and Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan; Chang Gung University School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Hemager N, Plessen KJ, Thorup A, Christiani C, Ellersgaard D, Spang KS, Burton BK, Gregersen M, Søndergaard A, Greve AN, Gantriis DL, Poulsen G, Seidman LJ, Mors O, Nordentoft M, Jepsen JRM. Assessment of Neurocognitive Functions in 7-Year-Old Children at Familial High Risk for Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder: The Danish High Risk and Resilience Study VIA 7. JAMA Psychiatry 2018; 75:844-852. [PMID: 29926086 PMCID: PMC6143091 DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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IMPORTANCE Children at familial high risk of schizophrenia spectrum disorders (FHR-SZ) or bipolar disorder (FHR-BP) exhibit neurocognitive impairments. Large studies of neurocognition in young children at familial high risk at the same age are important to differentiate the pathophysiology and developmental trajectory of these 2 groups. OBJECTIVE To characterize neurocognitive functions in 7-year-old children with FHR-SZ or FHR-BP and a control population. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This multisite population-based cohort study collected data from January 1, 2013, to January 31, 2016, in the first wave of the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study VIA 7 at 2 university hospital research sites in Copenhagen and Aarhus using Danish registries. Participants (n = 514) included 197 children with FHR-SZ, 118 with FHR-BP, and 199 controls matched with the FHR-SZ group for age, sex, and municipality. Assessors were blinded to risk status. EXPOSURES Parents with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or neither diagnosis. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Neurocognitive functions were measured across 23 tests. Four neurocognitive domains were derived by principal component analysis, including processing speed and working memory, verbal functions, executive and visuospatial functions, and declarative memory and attention. RESULTS A total of 514 children aged 7 years were included in the analysis (46.3% girls), consisting of 197 children with FHR-SZ (46.2% girls), 118 with FHR-BP (46.6% girls), and 199 controls (46.2% girls). Children with FHR-SZ were significantly impaired compared with controls on processing speed and working memory (Cohen d = 0.50; P < .001), executive and visuospatial functions (Cohen d = 0.28; P = .03), and declarative memory and attention (Cohen d = 0.29; P = .02). Compared with children with FHR-BP, children with FHR-SZ performed significantly poorer in processing speed and working memory (Cohen d = 0.40; P = .002), executive and visuospatial functions (Cohen d = 0.35; P = .008), and declarative memory and attention (Cohen d = 0.31; P = .03). Children with FHR-BP and controls did not differ. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Children with FHR-SZ had widespread neurocognitive impairments, supporting the hypothesis of neurocognitive functions as endophenotypes of schizophrenia. The absence of neurocognitive deficits in children with FHR-BP suggests distinct neurodevelopmental manifestations in these familial high-risk groups at this age. Early detection of children with FHR-SZ and cognitive impairments is warranted to investigate associations of neurocognition with transition to psychosis, add to the knowledge of their developmental pathophysiology, and inform early intervention programs.
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- Nicoline Hemager
- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark,Service of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark
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- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark
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- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark
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- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark
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- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark
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- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark,Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark,Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark,Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark,Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark,Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark,Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen,Center for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen
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Saito S, Fujii K, Ozeki Y, Ohmori K, Honda G, Mori H, Kato K, Kuroda J, Aoki A, Asahi H, Sato H, Shimoda K, Akiyama K. Cognitive function, treatment response to lithium, and social functioning in Japanese patients with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord 2017; 19:552-562. [PMID: 28691278 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Patients with bipolar disorder often suffer from cognitive impairment that significantly influences their functional outcome. However, it remains unknown whether lithium has a central role in cognition and functional outcome. We examined whether cognition and functional outcome were predicted by demographic and clinical variables, including the response to lithium, in lithium-treated patients with bipolar disorder. METHODS We evaluated 96 lithium-treated euthymic patients with bipolar disorder and 196 age- and-gender-matched healthy controls, using the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS). The patients were also assessed using the Social Functioning Scale (SFS) and "The Retrospective Criteria of Long-Term Treatment Response in Research Subjects with Bipolar Disorder" (Alda) scale, which was evaluated as either a continuous measure of the total scale or a dichotomous criterion. RESULTS Multiple regression analysis revealed two key findings: first, that the premorbid intelligence quotient, age, and number of mood episodes were predictors of the BACS composite score; and, second, that the BACS composite score, negative symptoms, and continuous measure on the total Alda scale (but not its dichotomy) predicted the total SFS score. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to confirm these findings, and additionally revealed that the Alda scale was significantly associated with negative symptoms and also the number of mood episodes, regardless of how it was evaluated. CONCLUSIONS SEM delineated how demographic and clinical variables, cognitive performance, and response to lithium treatment were causally associated with, and converged on, social function. The putative role of the Alda scale for social function warrants further study.
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- Satoshi Saito
- Department of Biological Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan.,Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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- Shiseikai, Takizawa Hospital, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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- Seiseido Kohseikai, Mori Hospital, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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- Seiseido Kohseikai, Mori Hospital, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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- Sakura La Mental Clinic, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Biological Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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The relationship between executive functions and fluid intelligence in euthymic Bipolar Disorder patients. Psychiatry Res 2017; 257:346-351. [PMID: 28800514 PMCID: PMC5637303 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.07.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Distinct cognitive deficits have been described in Bipolar disorder (BD), including executive impairments, commonly attributed to frontal dysfunction. However, recent attention has been paid to the heterogeneity of cognitive functioning in this population, suggesting that the executive deficits observed in BD might be due to a loss in fluid intelligence (g). Following our previous line of investigation in multiple neurological and psychiatric conditions we aimed at determining the role of g in frontal deficits in BD. Euthymic BD patients (n = 51) and healthy controls (n = 37) were assessed with Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Verbal Fluency, Trail Making Test B (TMTB), a multitasking test, and a theory of mind test. A general cognitive battery was used to derive a measure of g. As in other neuropsychiatric conditions, significant patient-control differences in WCST, Verbal Fluency and TMTB were removed when g was introduced as a covariate. Deficits remained significant in the multitasking test. We suggest that neuropsychological assessment in BD should include tests of general intelligence, together with one or more specific tasks that allow for the assessment of residual frontal deficits, putatively associated with anterior frontal functioning.
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Mohammadi A, Hesami E, Kargar M, Shams J. Detecting allocentric and egocentric navigation deficits in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder using virtual reality. Neuropsychol Rehabil 2017; 28:398-415. [DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2017.1369888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Alireza Mohammadi
- Neuroscience Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Behavioral Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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Sumiyoshi T, Toyomaki A, Kawano N, Kitajima T, Kusumi I, Ozaki N, Iwata N, Sueyoshi K, Nakagome K. Verbal Memory Impairment in Patients with Subsyndromal Bipolar Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2017; 8:168. [PMID: 28966598 PMCID: PMC5605624 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUNDS Several domains of cognitive function, including learning memory and executive function, are impaired in mood disorders. Also, the relationship between disturbances of these two cognitive domains has been suggested. In line with the recent initiative to establish a standard measure of cognitive decline in bipolar disorder, the present study was conducted to (1) test the criterion-related validity and test-retest reliability of the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT)-II Japanese version, and (2) determine if type of word learning tasks (i.e., with or without a category structure) affects severity of verbal memory deficits in patients with subsyndromal bipolar disorder. METHODS Thirty-six patients with bipolar disorder with mild symptoms and 42 healthy volunteers participated in the study. We first compared effect sizes for memory deficits in patients among the CVLT-II, Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS), and Hopkins Verbal Memory Tests-Revised (HVLT-R). We next evaluated the correlations between scores of the CVLT-II vs. those of the BACS and HVLT-R. Bipolar patients were re-assessed with the same (standard) or alternate forms of the CVLT-II and HVLT-R 1 month later. RESULTS Scores on the CVLT-II 1-5 Free Recall and Long-delay Free Recall, as well as the HVLT-R Immediate Recall, but not the BACS List Learning were significantly lower for patients compared to control subjects. The effect sizes for cognitive decline due to the illness were comparable when measured by the CVLT-II and HVLT-R, ranging from 0.5 to 0.6. CVLT-II scores were significantly correlated with those of the HVLT-R and BACS. Test-retest reliability of the CVLT-II was acceptable, and no significant practice effect was observed when the alternate form was used. There was no consistent relationship between mood symptoms and performance on the CVLT-II. CONCLUSION These results suggest the CVLT-II Japanese version is able to discriminate between bipolar disorder patients and healthy controls with good sensitivity and validity. Data in this study also indicate that the degree of verbal memory deficits in bipolar disorder may be influenced by memory organizational strategy.
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- Tomiki Sumiyoshi
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Translational Medical Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Translational Medical Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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Auditory Vigilance and Working Memory in Youth at Familial Risk for Schizophrenia or Affective Psychosis in the Harvard Adolescent Family High Risk Study. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2016; 22:1026-1037. [PMID: 27903327 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617716000242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The degree of overlap between schizophrenia (SCZ) and affective psychosis (AFF) has been a recurring question since Kraepelin's subdivision of the major psychoses. Studying nonpsychotic relatives allows a comparison of disorder-associated phenotypes, without potential confounds that can obscure distinctive features of the disorder. Because attention and working memory have been proposed as potential endophenotypes for SCZ and AFF, we compared these cognitive features in individuals at familial high-risk (FHR) for the disorders. METHODS Young, unmedicated, first-degree relatives (ages, 13-25 years) at FHR-SCZ (n=41) and FHR-AFF (n=24) and community controls (CCs, n=54) were tested using attention and working memory versions of the Auditory Continuous Performance Test. To determine if schizotypal traits or current psychopathology accounted for cognitive deficits, we evaluated psychosis proneness using three Chapman Scales, Revised Physical Anhedonia, Perceptual Aberration, and Magical Ideation, and assessed psychopathology using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist -90 Revised. RESULTS Compared to controls, the FHR-AFF sample was significantly impaired in auditory vigilance, while the FHR-SCZ sample was significantly worse in working memory. Both FHR groups showed significantly higher levels of physical anhedonia and some psychopathological dimensions than controls. Adjusting for physical anhedonia, phobic anxiety, depression, psychoticism, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms eliminated the FHR-AFF vigilance effects but not the working memory deficits in FHR-SCZ. CONCLUSIONS The working memory deficit in FHR-SZ was the more robust of the cognitive impairments after accounting for psychopathological confounds and is supported as an endophenotype. Examination of larger samples of people at familial risk for different psychoses remains necessary to confirm these findings and to clarify the role of vigilance in FHR-AFF. (JINS, 2016, 22, 1026-1037).
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McCarthy J, Arrese D, McGlashan A, Rappaport B, Kraseski K, Conway F, Mule C, Tucker J. Sustained Attention and Visual Processing Speed in Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder and other Psychiatric Disorders. Psychol Rep 2016; 95:39-47. [PMID: 15460356 DOI: 10.2466/pr0.95.1.39-47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To investigate the cognitive functioning of children and adolescents with bipolar illness, 112 child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients and day-hospital patients at a state psychiatric hospital were administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–III (WISC–III) as part of an admission psychological assessment. There were 22 patients with Bipolar Disorder and 90 with other psychiatric disorders; all were between 8 and 17 years of age. The patients with Bipolar Disorder had a mean age of 14 yr., a mean Verbal IQ of 78, a mean Performance IQ of 76, and a mean Full Scale IQ of 75. When their WISC–III scores were compared with those who had Schizophrenia Spectrum disorders (Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder), Psychosis Not Otherwise Specified, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder, there were no significant between-group mean differences for Verbal IQ, but patients with Bipolar Disorder had a significantly lower mean Performance IQ than those with ADHD and those with Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Contrary to the expectation that the patients with Bipolar Disorder might have better sustained attention (higher Digit Span scores) than those with Schizophrenia Spectrum disorders and worse visual processing speed (lower Coding scores) than the other diagnostic groups, the bipolar patients' Digit Span and Coding scores did not differ significantly from those of the other groups. The patients with Psychosis, Not Otherwise Specified had significantly lower mean Performance IQ, Full Scale IQ, and Coding than the ADHD and the Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Disorder groups.
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- James McCarthy
- Queens Children's Psychiatric Center, Bellerose, NY 11426, USA
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Wu JQ, Chen DC, Tan YL, Xiu MH, De Yang F, Soares JC, Zhang XY. Cognitive impairments in first-episode drug-naive and chronic medicated schizophrenia: MATRICS consensus cognitive battery in a Chinese Han population. Psychiatry Res 2016; 238:196-202. [PMID: 27086233 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Revised: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Cognitive deficits are a core feature of schizophrenia and we examined the cognitive profile of first-episode and chronic schizophrenia in a Chinese Han population using the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB). We recruited 79 first-episode drug-naïve (FEDN) schizophrenia, 132 chronic medicated schizophrenia inpatients and 124 healthy controls. We assessed patient psychopathology using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). MCCB total score (p<0.01) and index scores of category fluency, trail making A, digital sequence, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT), mazes, and Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) were significantly higher in FEDN than in chronic patients (all p<0.05). FEDN exhibited relative weakness in continuous performance, whereas chronic patients exhibited relative weakness in mazes. Multiple regression analysis confirmed that in FEDN and chronic patients, total score and negative symptom of PANSS were independent contributors to MCCB total score, respectively. Our results not only demonstrate the applicability of the MCCB as a sensitive measure of cognitive impairment for schizophrenia patients in a Chinese Han population, but also suggest that the compromised cognition is present in the early stage of schizophrenia, some of which could be more severe in the chronic stage of illness.
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- Jing Qin Wu
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute, Sydney, Australia; Psychiatry Research Center, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Psychiatry Research Center, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Psychiatry Research Center, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Psychiatry Research Center, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Psychiatry Research Center, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Psychiatry Research Center, Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
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Bennett D, Dluzniak A, Cropper SJ, Partos T, Sundram S, Carter O. Selective impairment of global motion integration, but not global form detection, in schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. Schizophr Res Cogn 2016; 3:11-14. [PMID: 28740802 PMCID: PMC5506721 DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2015.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Revised: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recent evidence suggests that schizophrenia is associated with impaired processing of global visual motion, but intact processing of global visual form. This project assessed whether preserved visual form detection in schizophrenia extended beyond low-level pattern discrimination to a naturalistic form-detection task. We assessed both naturalistic form detection and global motion detection in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, bipolar affective disorder, and healthy controls. Individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorder and bipolar affective disorder were impaired relative to healthy controls on the global motion task, but not the naturalistic form-detection task. Results indicate that preservation of visual form detection in these disorders extends beyond configural forms to naturalistic object processing.
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- Daniel Bennett
- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University and Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Kuswanto C, Chin R, Sum MY, Sengupta S, Fagiolini A, McIntyre RS, Vieta E, Sim K. Shared and divergent neurocognitive impairments in adult patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Whither the evidence? Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2016; 61:66-89. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Quintana DS, Westlye LT, Kaufmann T, Rustan ØG, Brandt CL, Haatveit B, Steen NE, Andreassen OA. Reduced heart rate variability in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2016; 133:44-52. [PMID: 26371411 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Despite current diagnostic systems distinguishing schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) as separate diseases, emerging evidence suggests they share a number of clinical and epidemiological features, such as increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. It is not well understood if poor cardiac autonomic nervous system regulation, which can be indexed non-invasively by the calculation of heart rate variability (HRV), contributes to these common CVD risk factors in both diseases. METHOD We calculated HRV in 47 patients with SZ, 33 patients with BD and 212 healthy controls. Measures of symptom severity were also collected from the patient groups. RESULTS Heart rate variability was significantly reduced in both these disorders in comparison with the healthy participants; however, there were no HRV differences between disorders. Importantly, these reductions were independent of the medication, age or body mass index effects. There was also preliminary evidence that patients with reduced HRV had increased overall and negative psychosis symptom severity regardless of SZ or BD diagnosis. CONCLUSION We suggest that HRV may provide a possible biomarker of CVD risk and symptom severity in severe mental illness. Thus, our results highlight the importance of cardiometabolic screening across SZ and bipolar spectrum disorders.
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- D S Quintana
- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Drammen Outpatient Clinic, Clinic of Mental Health and Addiction, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Samudra N, Ivleva EI, Hubbard NA, Rypma B, Sweeney JA, Clementz BA, Keshavan MS, Pearlson GD, Tamminga CA. Alterations in hippocampal connectivity across the psychosis dimension. Psychiatry Res 2015; 233:148-57. [PMID: 26123450 PMCID: PMC4784701 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Revised: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Recent evidence demonstrates that hippocampal hyperactivity helps mediate psychosis. Using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI), we examined hippocampal connectivity alterations in individuals with psychosis (PS) versus healthy controls (HC). Because of its putative greater involvement in psychiatric disorders, we hypothesized that the anterior hippocampus network would show greater dysconnectivity in psychosis. We tested rsfMRI connectivity in 88 PS (including 21 with schizophrenia; 40 with schizoaffective disorder; 27 with psychotic bipolar I disorder) and 65 HC. Seed-based voxel-wise connectivity analyses were carried out using whole, anterior, and posterior hippocampal seeds. No significant differences in functional hippocampal connectivity were found across the three conventional diagnoses. PS were then contrasted with HC, showing strong reductions in anterior hippocampal connectivity to anterior neocortical regions, including medial frontal and anterior cingulate cortices, as well as superior temporal gyrus, precuneus, thalamus and cerebellum. Posterior hippocampal seeds also demonstrated decreased connectivity in PS, with fewer dysconnected regions and a posterior/cerebellar distribution. Whole hippocampal outcomes were consistent with anterior/posterior hippocampal connectivity changes. Connectivity alterations did not correlate with cognition, clinical symptoms, or medication effect variables. Our results suggest a psychosis network of decreased hippocampal connectivity with limbic and frontal contributions, independent of diagnostic categories.
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- Niyatee Samudra
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States; Center for Brain Health, UT Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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Cuesta MJ, Sánchez-Torres AM, Cabrera B, Bioque M, Merchán-Naranjo J, Corripio I, González-Pinto A, Lobo A, Bombín I, de la Serna E, Sanjuan J, Parellada M, Saiz-Ruiz J, Bernardo M. Premorbid adjustment and clinical correlates of cognitive impairment in first-episode psychosis. The PEPsCog Study. Schizophr Res 2015; 164:65-73. [PMID: 25819935 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Revised: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The extent to which socio-demographic, clinical, and premorbid adjustment variables contribute to cognitive deficits in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders remains to be ascertained. AIMS To examine the pattern and magnitude of cognitive impairment in first-episode psychosis patients, the profile of impairment across psychosis subtypes and the associations with premorbid adjustment. METHODS 226 first-episode psychosis patients and 225 healthy controls were assessed in the PEPsCog study, as part of the PEPs study. RESULTS Patients showed slight to moderate cognitive impairment, verbal memory being the domain most impaired compared to controls. Broad affective spectrum patients had better premorbid IQ and outperformed the schizophrenia and other psychosis groups in executive function, and had better global cognitive function than the schizophrenia group. Adolescent premorbid adjustment together with age, gender, parental socio-economic status, and mean daily antipsychotic doses were the factors that best explained patients' cognitive performance. General and adolescent premorbid adjustment, age and parental socio-economic status were the best predictors of cognitive performance in controls. CONCLUSIONS Poorer premorbid adjustment together with socio-demographic factors and higher daily antipsychotic doses were related to a generalized cognitive impairment and to a lower premorbid intellectual reserve, suggesting that neurodevelopmental impairment was present before illness onset.
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- Manuel J Cuesta
- Department of Psychiatry, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain
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- Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit, Neuroscience Institute, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit, Neuroscience Institute, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM. Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica-Sant Pau (IIB-SANT PAU), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Álava, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS Aragón). University of Zaragoza, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain; Reintegra Foundation, Oviedo, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institut Clínic de Neurociències. Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain; Clinic Hospital (INCLIVA), Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM. Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain; Psychiatry Department, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRyCIS), Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit, Neuroscience Institute, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona. Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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Niederhofer H. Is the vigilance regulation model of affective disorders and ADHD also appropriate for other psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, autism) and is it associated with glutamate? Med Hypotheses 2015; 84:281-2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Revised: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tsitsipa E, Fountoulakis KN. The neurocognitive functioning in bipolar disorder: a systematic review of data. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2015; 14:42. [PMID: 26628905 PMCID: PMC4666163 DOI: 10.1186/s12991-015-0081-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During the last decades, there have been many different opinions concerning the neurocognitive function in Bipolar disorder (BD). The aim of the current study was to perform a systematic review of the literature and to synthesize the data in a comprehensive picture of the neurocognitive dysfunction in BD. METHODS Papers were located with searches in PubMed/MEDLINE, through June 1st 2015. The review followed a modified version of the recommendations of the Preferred Items for Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. RESULTS The initial search returned 110,403 papers. After the deletion of duplicates, 11,771 papers remained for further evaluation. Eventually, 250 were included in the analysis. CONCLUSION The current review supports the presence of a neurocognitive deficit in BD, in almost all neurocognitive domains. This deficit is qualitative similar to that observed in schizophrenia but it is less severe. There are no differences between BD subtypes. Its origin is unclear. It seems it is an enduring component and represents a core primary characteristic of the illness, rather than being secondary to the mood state or medication. This core deficit is confounded (either increased or attenuated) by the disease phase, specific personal characteristics of the patients (age, gender, education, etc.), current symptomatology and its treatment (especially psychotic features) and long-term course and long-term exposure to medication, psychiatric and somatic comorbidity and alcohol and/or substance abuse.
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- Division of Neurosciences, 3rd Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 6, Odysseos street (1st Parodos, Ampelonon str.) 55536 Pournari Pylaia, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Multimodal assessments of the hippocampal formation in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: evidences from neurobehavioral measures and functional and structural MRI. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2014; 6:134-44. [PMID: 25379425 PMCID: PMC4215399 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Revised: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A potential clinical and etiological overlap between schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) has long been a subject of discussion. Imaging studies imply functional and structural alterations of the hippocampus in both diseases. Thus, imaging this core memory region could provide insight into the pathophysiology of these disorders and the associated cognitive deficits. To examine possible shared alterations in the hippocampus, we conducted a multi-modal assessment, including functional and structural imaging as well as neurobehavioral measures of memory performance in BD and SZ patients compared with healthy controls. We assessed episodic memory performance, using tests of verbal and visual learning (HVLT, BVMT) in three groups of participants: BD patients (n = 21), SZ patients (n = 21) and matched (age, gender, education) healthy control subjects (n = 21). In addition, we examined hippocampal resting state functional connectivity, hippocampal volume using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and fibre integrity of hippocampal connections using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). We found memory deficits, changes in functional connectivity within the hippocampal network as well as volumetric reductions and altered white matter fibre integrity across patient groups in comparison with controls. However, SZ patients when directly compared with BD patients were more severely affected in several of the assessed parameters (verbal learning, left hippocampal volumes, mean diffusivity of bilateral cingulum and right uncinated fasciculus). The results of our study suggest a graded expression of verbal learning deficits accompanied by structural alterations within the hippocampus in BD patients and SZ patients, with SZ patients being more strongly affected. Our findings imply that these two disorders may share some common pathophysiological mechanisms. The results could thus help to further advance and integrate current pathophysiological models of SZ and BD. multimodal assessment of the hippocampus formation. comparison of bipolar patients, schizophrenia patients and controls. assessment of associations beetween hippocampus alterations and cognitive functioning.
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Morisano D, Wing VC, Sacco KA, Arenovich T, George TP. Effects of tobacco smoking on neuropsychological function in schizophrenia in comparison to other psychiatric disorders and non-psychiatric controls. Am J Addict 2014; 22:46-53. [PMID: 23398226 DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.00313.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Compared to the general population cigarette smoking prevalence is elevated in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia (SZ), bipolar disorder (BD), and major depressive disorder (MDD). These disorders are also associated with neurocognitive impairments. Cigarette smoking is associated with improved cognition in SZ. The effects of smoking on cognition in BD and MDD are less well studied. METHODS We used a cross-sectional design to study neuropsychological performance in these disorders as a function of smoking status. Subjects (N = 108) were SZ smokers (n = 32), SZ non-smokers (n = 15), BD smokers (n = 10), BD non-smokers (n = 6), MDD smokers (n = 6), MDD non-smokers (n = 10), control smokers (n = 12), and control non-smokers (n = 17). Participants completed a neuropsychological battery; smokers were non-deprived. RESULTS SZ subjects performed significantly worse than controls in select domains, while BD and MDD subjects did not differ from controls. Three verbal memory outcomes were improved in SZ smokers compared with non-smokers; smoking status did not alter performance in BD or MDD. CONCLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE These data suggest that smoking is associated with neurocognitive improvements in SZ, but not BD or MDD. Our data may suggest specificity of cigarette-smoking modulation of neurocognitive deficits in SZ.
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- Dominique Morisano
- Schizophrenia Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Delgado VB, Chaves ML. Mood congruence phenomenon in acutely symptomatic mania bipolar I disorder patients with and without psychotic symptoms. Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2014. [PMID: 23189939 DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2012.744303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Bipolar disorder causes substantial morbidity including cognitive impairment. The objective of the study was to evaluate memory performance of acutely mania bipolar I disorder (BD-I) patients with and without psychosis. We also aimed to assess the mood congruence phenomenon upon memory. METHODS A cross-sectional study was developed with BD-I patients (19 with, and 12 without psychotic symptoms), and 27 age- and education-paired healthy controls. Memory tests were selected to evaluate memory/attention performance. A verbal episodic memory task with affective content (word span) was also applied. RESULTS A significant difference was observed in the scores of the word span task with positive tone among the three groups, controlling for number of mania episodes (p=.042). Nonpsychotic BD patients presented higher scores. There was a statistical tendency for BD-I patients with and without psychotic symptoms to perform poorer than healthy controls in the delayed recall of the logical memory test (p=.069). CONCLUSION Psychotic and nonpsychotic mania BD-I patients showed mood congruence phenomenon in a verbal memory task with positive tone in relation to the healthy group. Evidence of mood congruence was found in the nonpsychotic group suggesting a purer manifestation of the disease.
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- Vera B Delgado
- a Biochemistry Post-Graduate Program, Department of Biochemistry , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre , Brazil
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Reilly JL, Sweeney JA. Generalized and specific neurocognitive deficits in psychotic disorders: utility for evaluating pharmacological treatment effects and as intermediate phenotypes for gene discovery. Schizophr Bull 2014; 40:516-22. [PMID: 24574307 PMCID: PMC3984526 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A growing body of research suggests that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share overlapping clinical, neurobiological, and genetic features, raising important questions about the boundaries and distinctiveness of these 2 major psychiatric disorders. A generalized cognitive impairment has long been understood to be a core feature of schizophrenia. More recently, it has become apparent that cognitive impairment also occurs in bipolar disorder, particularly in those patients with a history of psychotic symptoms. Whether a generalized deficit exists across a spectrum of psychotic disorders is less clearly established. Additionally, in the context of a broad impairment, it remains a significant challenge to identify deficits in specific cognitive processes that may have distinct neurochemical or regional brain substrates and linkages to particular risk-associated genetic factors. In this article, we review the findings from neuropsychological studies across a spectrum that includes schizophrenia, schizoaffective and bipolar disorders, and conclude the available evidence strongly supports that a generalized deficit is present across psychotic disorders that differs in severity more so than form. We then consider the implications of generalized and specific deficits in psychosis for 2 areas of research--the evaluation of pharmacological treatments targeting cognitive deficits, and the investigation of cognitive intermediate phenotypes in family genetic studies. Examples from the literature that touch on the relevance of the generalized deficit in these contexts are provided, as well as consideration for the continued need to identify specific impairments that are separable from the generalized deficit in order to advance drug and gene discovery.
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- James L. Reilly
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL;,*To whom correspondence should be addressed; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 446 East Ontario Street Suite 7–100, Chicago, IL, US; tel: 312-503-4809, fax: 312-503-0527, e-mail:
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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Li J, Kale Edmiston E, Chen K, Tang Y, Ouyang X, Jiang Y, Fan G, Ren L, Liu J, Zhou Y, Jiang W, Liu Z, Xu K, Wang F. A comparative diffusion tensor imaging study of corpus callosum subregion integrity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2014; 221:58-62. [PMID: 24300086 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Revised: 08/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have provided evidence for corpus callosum (CC) white matter abnormalities in bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SZ). These findings include alterations in shape, volume, white matter intensity and structural integrity compared to healthy control populations. Although CC alterations are implicated in both SZ and BD, no study of which we are aware has investigated callosal subregion differences between these two patient populations. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to assess CC integrity in patients with BD (n=16), SZ (n=19) and healthy controls (HC) (n=24). Fractional anisotropy (FA) of CC subregions was measured using region of interest (ROI) analysis and compared in the three groups. Significant group differences of FA values were revealed in five CC subregions, including the anterior genu, middle genu, posterior genu, posterior body and anterior splenium. FA values of the same subregions were significantly reduced in patients with SZ compared with HC. FA values were also significantly reduced in patients with BD compared to the HC group in the same subregions, excepting the middle genu. No significant difference was found between patient groups in any region. Most of the alterations in CC subregions were present in both the BD and SZ groups. These results imply an overlap in potential pathology, possibly relating to risk factors common to both disorders. The one region that differed between patient groups, the middle genu area, may serve as an illness marker and is perhaps involved in the different cognitive impairments observed in BD and SZ.
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- Jian Li
- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Vanderbilt Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, 465 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- The Institute of Mental Health, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, PR China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- The Institute of Mental Health, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China; Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, United States.
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Residual negative symptoms differentiate cognitive performance in clinically stable patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH AND TREATMENT 2014; 2014:785310. [PMID: 25024847 PMCID: PMC4082914 DOI: 10.1155/2014/785310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cognitive deficits in various domains have been shown in patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The purpose of the present study was to examine if residual psychopathology explained the difference in cognitive function between clinically stable patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We compared the performance on tests of attention, visual and verbal memory, and executive function of 25 patients with schizophrenia in remission and 25 euthymic bipolar disorder patients with that of 25 healthy controls. Mediation analysis was used to see if residual psychopathology could explain the difference in cognitive function between the patient groups. Both patient groups performed significantly worse than healthy controls on most cognitive tests. Patients with bipolar disorder displayed cognitive deficits that were milder but qualitatively similar to those of patients with schizophrenia. Residual negative symptoms mediated the difference in performance on cognitive tests between the two groups. Neither residual general psychotic symptoms nor greater antipsychotic doses explained this relationship. The shared variance explained by the residual negative and cognitive deficits that the difference between patient groups may be explained by greater frontal cortical neurophysiological deficits in patients with schizophrenia, compared to bipolar disorder. Further longitudinal work may provide insight into pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie these deficits.
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Moreno-Granados JM, Ferrín M, Salcedo-Marín DM, Ruiz-Veguilla M. Evaluación neuropsicológica de la memoria en un grupo de niños y adolescentes con un primer episodio de psicosis: consumo de Cannabis y «efecto paradójico». REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRIA Y SALUD MENTAL 2014; 7:13-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rpsm.2013.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Albanna A, Choudhry Z, Harvey PO, Fathalli F, Cassidy C, Sengupta SM, Iyer SN, Rho A, Lepage M, Malla A, Joober R. TCF4 gene polymorphism and cognitive performance in patients with first episode psychosis. Schizophr Res 2014; 152:124-9. [PMID: 24275585 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2013] [Revised: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Single nucleotide polymorphisms in TCF4 gene have been consistently associated with schizophrenia in genome wide association studies, including the C allele of rs9960767. However, its exact role in modulating the schizophrenia phenotype is not known. AIMS To comprehensively investigate the relationship between rs9960767 risk allele (C) of TCF4 and cognitive performance in patients with first episode psychosis (FEP). METHODS 173 patients with FEP received a comprehensive neurocognitive evaluation and were genotyped for rs9960767. Carriers of the risk allele (CA/CC) were compared to non-carriers (AA) using Multivariate Analysis of Covariance MANCOVA. Ethnicity, negative symptoms and substance abuse were included as covariates. RESULTS Carriers of the risk allele had a statistically significant lower performance in the cognitive domain of Reasoning/Problem-Solving compared to non-carriers (F1,172=4.4, p=.038). There were no significant genotype effects on the other cognitive domains or general cognition. This effect on the Reasoning/Problem-Solving domain remained significant even when controlling for IQ (F1,172=4.3, p=.039). CONCLUSIONS rs9960767 (C) of TCF4 appears to be associated with neurocognitive deficits in the Reasoning/Problem-Solving cognitive domain, in patients with FEP. A confirmation of this finding in a larger sample and including other TCF4 polymorphisms will be needed to gain further validity of this result.
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Canada; Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Canada; Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada; Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Canada.
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Is aberrant functional connectivity a psychosis endophenotype? A resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Biol Psychiatry 2013; 74:458-66. [PMID: 23746539 PMCID: PMC3752322 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Revised: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 04/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share overlapping symptoms and risk genes. Shared aberrant functional connectivity is hypothesized in both disorders and in relatives. METHODS We investigated resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging in 70 schizophrenia and 64 psychotic bipolar probands, their respective first-degree relatives (n = 70 and 52), and 118 healthy subjects. We used independent component analysis to identify components representing various resting state networks and assessed spatial aspects of functional connectivity within all networks. We first investigated group differences using five-level, one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), followed by post hoc t tests within regions displaying ANCOVA group differences and correlation of such functional connectivity measures with symptom ratings to examine clinical relationships. RESULTS Seven networks revealed abnormalities (five-level one-way ANCOVA, family-wise error correction p < .05): A) fronto-occipital, B) midbrain/cerebellum, C) frontal/thalamic/basal ganglia, D) meso/paralimbic, E) posterior default mode network, F) fronto-temporal/paralimbic and G) sensorimotor networks. Abnormalities in networks B and F were unique to schizophrenia probands. Furthermore, abnormalities in networks D and E were common to both patient groups. Finally, networks A, C, and G showed abnormalities shared by probands and their relative groups. Negative correlation with Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale negative and positive scores were found in regions within network C and F respectively, and positive correlation with Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale negative scores was found in regions in network D among schizophrenia probands only. CONCLUSIONS Schizophrenia, psychotic bipolar probands, and their relatives share both unique and overlapping within-network brain connectivity abnormalities, revealing potential psychosis endophenotypes.
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Avery SN, Williams LE, Woolard AA, Heckers S. Relational memory and hippocampal function in psychotic bipolar disorder. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2013; 264:10.1007/s00406-013-0442-z. [PMID: 24022592 PMCID: PMC3952027 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-013-0442-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Recent cognitive, genetic, and histological studies have highlighted significant overlap between psychotic bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Specifically, both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are characterized by interneuron dysfunction within the hippocampus, an essential structure for relational memory. Relational memory impairments are a common feature of schizophrenia, but have yet to be investigated in psychotic bipolar disorder. Here, we tested the hypothesis that psychotic bipolar disorder is characterized by relational memory deficits. We used a transitive inference (TI) paradigm, previously employed to quantify relational memory deficits in schizophrenia, to assess relational memory performance in 17 patients with psychotic bipolar disorder and 22 demographically matched control participants. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to examine hippocampal activity during recognition memory in patients and controls. Hippocampal volumes were assessed by manual segmentation. In contrast to our hypothesis, we found similar TI performance, hippocampal volume, and hippocampal recruitment during recognition memory in both groups. Both psychotic bipolar disorder patients and controls exhibited a positive correlation between hippocampal volume and relational memory performance. These data indicate that relational memory impairments are not a shared feature of non-affective and affective psychosis.
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- Suzanne N. Avery
- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, Vanderbilt University, 1601 23rd Avenue South, Room 3060, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, Vanderbilt University, 1601 23rd Avenue South, Room 3060, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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McGuire KA, Blahnik MM, Sponheim SR. Discrimination within Recognition Memory in Schizophrenia. Behav Sci (Basel) 2013; 3:273-297. [PMID: 25379239 PMCID: PMC4217626 DOI: 10.3390/bs3020273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Revised: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Episodic memory is one of the most affected cognitive domains in schizophrenia. First-degree biological relatives of individuals with schizophrenia also have been found to exhibit a similar, but milder, episodic memory deficit. Unlike most studies that focus on the percent of previously presented items recognized, the current investigation sought to further elucidate the nature of memory dysfunction associated with schizophrenia by examining the discrimination of old and new material during recognition (measured by d') to consider false recognition of new items. Using the Recurring Figures Test and the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT), we studied a sample of schizophrenia probands and the first-degree biological relatives of patients with schizophrenia, as well as probands with bipolar disorder and first-degree biological relatives to assess the specificity of recognition memory dysfunction to schizophrenia. The schizophrenia sample had poorer recognition discrimination in both nonverbal and verbal modalities; no such deficits were identified in first-degree biological relatives or bipolar disorder probands. Discrimination in schizophrenia and bipolar probands failed to benefit from the geometric structure in the designs in the manner that controls did on the nonverbal test. Females performed better than males in recognition of geometric designs. Episodic memory dysfunction in schizophrenia is present for a variety of stimulus domains and reflects poor use of item content to increase discrimination of old and new items.
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- Kathryn A. McGuire
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA; E-Mails: (M.M.B.); (S.R.S.)
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, F282/2A West, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-612-725-2044; Fax: +1-612-467-2144
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- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA; E-Mails: (M.M.B.); (S.R.S.)
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- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA; E-Mails: (M.M.B.); (S.R.S.)
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, F282/2A West, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
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Kulak A, Steullet P, Cabungcal JH, Werge T, Ingason A, Cuenod M, Do KQ. Redox dysregulation in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: insights from animal models. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 18:1428-43. [PMID: 22938092 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) are classified as two distinct diseases. However, accumulating evidence shows that both disorders share genetic, pathological, and epidemiological characteristics. Based on genetic and functional findings, redox dysregulation due to an imbalance between pro-oxidants and antioxidant defense mechanisms has been proposed as a risk factor contributing to their pathophysiology. RECENT ADVANCES Altered antioxidant systems and signs of increased oxidative stress are observed in peripheral tissues and brains of SZ and BD patients, including abnormal prefrontal levels of glutathione (GSH), the major cellular redox regulator and antioxidant. Here we review experimental data from rodent models demonstrating that permanent as well as transient GSH deficit results in behavioral, morphological, electrophysiological, and neurochemical alterations analogous to pathologies observed in patients. Mice with GSH deficit display increased stress reactivity, altered social behavior, impaired prepulse inhibition, and exaggerated locomotor responses to psychostimulant injection. These behavioral changes are accompanied by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor hypofunction, elevated glutamate levels, impairment of parvalbumin GABA interneurons, abnormal neuronal synchronization, altered dopamine neurotransmission, and deficient myelination. CRITICAL ISSUES Treatment with the GSH precursor and antioxidant N-acetylcysteine normalizes some of those deficits in mice, but also improves SZ and BD symptoms when given as adjunct to antipsychotic medication. FUTURE DIRECTIONS These data demonstrate the usefulness of GSH-deficient rodent models to identify the mechanisms by which a redox imbalance could contribute to the development of SZ and BD pathophysiologies, and to develop novel therapeutic approaches based on antioxidant and redox regulator compounds.
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- Anita Kulak
- Department of Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital, Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland
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Verbal and visual-spatial memory impairment in youth at familial risk for schizophrenia or affective psychosis: a pilot study. Schizophr Res 2013; 144:122-8. [PMID: 23312552 PMCID: PMC3572329 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Schizophrenia and affective psychoses share several common biological origins, particularly genetic susceptibility. Kraepelin posited that differing clinical expressions in these disorders reflect different etiopathologies. We tested a neuropsychological component of this hypothesis by evaluating verbal memory and visual memory performance in nonpsychotic youth at familial risk for psychosis, taking into account contributions to memory dysfunction including executive processing and psychopathology. METHODS Teenage and young adults (ages 13-25) at familial high-risk (FHR) for schizophrenia (HR-SCZ, n=41) or affective psychosis (HR-AFF, n=24) were compared to community controls (CC, n=54) on verbal (Miller-Selfridge Context Memory) and visual (Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure) memory tests in which the roles of strategy and contextual processing on distinct recall domains could be assessed. Effects of psychopathology, vigilance and working memory were investigated to determine their influence on memory performance. RESULTS HR-AFF and HR-SCZ exhibited similarly impaired memory profiles and elevated levels of psychopathology compared to CC. HR-SCZ were significantly impaired on both verbal memory and visual-spatial memory, while HR-AFF in verbal memory only. However, effect sizes, in the medium range, were largely comparable between the two HR groups. Deficits in verbal recall and in visual memory organization remained significant after adjustment for confounders. CONCLUSIONS Youth at FHR for psychosis present relatively common memory deficits across both visual-spatial and verbal modalities that are not explained by current psychopathology, vigilance or working memory deficits. Deficits in organizing information to be recalled represent a promising trait of psychosis vulnerability.
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Pratt SI, Mueser KT, Bartels SJ, Wolfe R. The impact of skills training on cognitive functioning in older people with serious mental illness. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2013; 21:242-50. [PMID: 23395191 PMCID: PMC3529976 DOI: 10.1097/jgp.0b013e31826682dd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Research on psychosocial interventions for people with serious mental illness (SMI) demonstrates that cognitive functioning is associated with psychosocial functioning. However, cognitive impairment is more pronounced and progressive in older adults with SMI and is associated with poorer functioning. Little is known about the long-term impact of psychosocial skills training on cognitive functioning in this rapidly growing group. DESIGN We conducted post-hoc analyses on a previously reported randomized controlled trial to evaluate the relationship between cognitive and psychosocial functioning and the potential impact of psychosocial skills training on cognitive functioning over time. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS The current study was conducted using a community-dwelling sample of 183 people older than age 50 with SMI. INTERVENTION Half of the study sample received a psychosocial skills training and health management program, Helping Older People Experience Success, and were compared with a treatment-as-usual group. MEASUREMENTS Cognitive and psychosocial functioning were assessed at baseline and at 1-, 2-, and 3-year follow-ups. RESULTS Psychosocial functioning was strongly related to cognitive functioning at baseline. Participation in the Helping Older People Experience Success program was not associated with greater improvements in overall cognitive functioning; however, exploratory analyses suggested a modest improvement in executive functioning. CONCLUSIONS Given the lack of long-term data on interventions associated with sustaining or improving executive functioning in older adults with SMI, these exploratory findings suggest that future research is warranted to establish the potential benefit of psychosocial skills training as a component of treatment aimed at enhancing long-term psychosocial and cognitive functioning.
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- Sarah I Pratt
- Geisel School of Medicine, Darthmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
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Pratt SI, Mueser KT, Bartels SJ, Wolfe R. WITHDRAWN: The Impact of Skills Training on Cognitive Functioning in Older People with Serious Mental Illness. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2013:S1064-7481(13)00037-7. [PMID: 25113719 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Sarah I Pratt
- Geisel School of Medicine, Darthmouth College, Hanover, NH; Boston University, Boston, MA
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- Geisel School of Medicine, Darthmouth College, Hanover, NH; Boston University, Boston, MA
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- Geisel School of Medicine, Darthmouth College, Hanover, NH; Boston University, Boston, MA
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- Geisel School of Medicine, Darthmouth College, Hanover, NH; Boston University, Boston, MA
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