Posted by linkadge on November 5, 2006, at 20:57:01
In reply to Re: wait a second?, posted by clint878 on November 5, 2006, at 16:25:48
Some interesting things they noted though:
>A retrospective study of probands with bipolar >disorder by Sigurdsson et al (1999) reported >that delayed language, social or motor >development precedes the onset of bipolar >disorder
Ie, congitive impariment may contribute to bipolar and not the other way around.
>To date there are no longitudinal studies to >assess whether cognitive deficits in bipolar >disorder show a progressive course or their >association with age of illness onset.
>Such studies, alongside studies conducted in >high-risk groups (i.e. first-degree relatives of >probands with bipolar disorder), would help to >establish the temporal evolution and aetiology >of the bipolar ‘encephalopathy’.
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