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- Title
Neuropsychological rehabilitation for bipolar disorder - A single case design.
- Authors
Loschiavo-Alvares, Fabricia; Sediyama, Cristina; Neves, Fernando; Corrêa, Humberto; Malloy-Diniz, Leandro; Bateman, Andrew
- Abstract
Background: The cognitive functions that are most impaired by mood disorders are memory, attention, and executive functions that are intrinsically related to functional performance. Cognitive impairment is linked to lower quality of life, and also has a negative impact on functional skills. For these reasons, it is relevant to propose interventions in neuropsychological rehabilitation (NR). Aim: To investigate the efficacy of NR techniques for attention, memory, and executive function impairments in a person with bipolar disorder (BD) type 1. Methods: The NR protocol consisted of fourteen weekly individual sessions divided into three modules. The first was directed toward mood monitoring, the following focused on executive functions, and the third addressed attention and memory rehabilitation. Comparisons were made between the patient's scores in pre-intervention, post-intervention, and follow-up phase. Statistical analysis was conducted using Singlims_ES.exe program. The significance level was set at p<.05. Results: The patient's scores for all functional demands were significantly higher than those of the controls at the baseline (p<.05 for all comparisons). At the post-intervention phase, the effect sizes were lower than the baseline, and the patient demonstrated a level of performance similar to the control sample in two of five functional demands (p>.05). At the follow-up phase, the patient exhibited similar performance to the controls (p>.05 for all comparisons). Conclusion: This is a preliminary study in NR applied to BD, and fourteen weeks of the NR program appeared to be successful in improving the patient's functional ability toward the level of performance shown by six matched controls.
- Publication
Translational Neuroscience, 2013, Vol 4, Issue 1, p96
- ISSN
2081-3856
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2478/s13380-013-0105-6