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The psychoeducational impact on cognitive inhibition among euthymic bipolar patients

Tatjana Novak ; Sociomedical Institute at Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

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Across all mood phases of bipolar disorder emotional dysregulation, attentional and cognitive control deficits are being consistently observed. Despite the efficacy of psychoeducational (PE) approaches in stabilising and preventing mood episodes in bipolar disorder, no published studies directly examined the impact of psychosocial interventions on cognition of bipolar patients. Our aim was twofold: to assess the impact of PE intervention on cognitive inhibition measures and to examine emotionally modulated attentional bias and cognitive control processes in remitted bipolar patients. Fifty six euthymic bipolar patients and 31 healthy controls were assigned either to the intervention or to the control group depending on the PE enrolment. The Emotional Stroop and the Emotional Go/NoGo tasks were administered to the intervention group before and after attendance at a group PE, and to control group in a comparable time interval. Results revealed insignificant PE effects on the emotionally modulated cognitive inhibition measures. Compared to healthy controls, the bipolar patients’ performance on both tasks was affected by emotional stimuli to a greater degree, suggesting more pronounced cognitive-emotional interference persistent also in interepisodic bipolar disorder. While a relationship between PE and clinical outcome measures has been convincingly demonstrated, a beneficial impact of PE on cognitive deficits in bipolar disorder remains to be determined.

Ključne riječi

cognitive inhibition; euthymic bipolar disorder; psychoeducation

Hrčak ID:

70668

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/70668

Datum izdavanja:

7.12.2010.

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