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Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volume 61, February 2015, Pages 166-167
Journal of Psychiatric Research

Subclinical hypothyroidism and neurocognitive functioning in bipolar disorder

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare neurocognitive functioning between euthymic bipolar disorder (BD) patients with and without subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). Patients with SCH had poorer performance than patients without SCH in measures of verbal memory, attention, language, and executive functions. These preliminary results suggest that SCH could have some impact on the neurocognitive performance of euthymic patients with BD and warrant further research in this field.

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Role of the funding source

None.

Contributors

DJM and SAS contributed to the design of the study and supervised the research project. DJM performed the data analysis and drafted the manuscript. Both authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors report no financial or personal relationships, interests, and affiliations relevant to the subject matter of the manuscript.

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