Neuropsychological rehabilitation for bipolar disorder — A single case design

Autor: Fabricia Quintão Loschiavo-Alvares, Cristina Yumi Nogueira Sediyama, Fernando Silva Neves, Humberto Correa, Andrew Bateman, Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Translational Neuroscience. 4
ISSN: 2081-6936
2081-3856
DOI: 10.2478/s13380-013-0105-6
Popis: Background: The cognitive functions that are most impaired by mood disorders are memory, attention, and ex- ecutive 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 inter- ventions 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 pro- tocol 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). At the follow-up phase, the patient exhibited similar performance to the con- trols (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 patients functional ability toward the level of performance shown by six matched controls.
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