Dong Huang, Shunkai Lai, Shuming Zhong, Yiliang Zhang, Jiali He, Shuya Yan, Xiaosi Huang, Xiaodan Lu, Manying Duan, Kailin Song, Kaiwei Ye, Yandi Chen, Suiyi Ye, Jiankang Lai, Qilin Zhong, Xiaodong Song, Yanbin Jia
BACKGROUND: Recent evidences have shown sex-differential cognitive deficits in bipolar disorder (BD) and differences in cognitions across BD subtypes. However, the sex-specific effect on cognitive impairment in BD subtype II (BD-II) remains obscure. The aim of the current study was to examine whether cognitive deficits differ by gender in youth with BD-II depression. METHOD: This cross-sectional study recruited 125 unmedicated youths with BD-II depression and 140 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls (HCs)...
May 7, 2024: BMC Psychiatry