Cross-cultural comparisons on Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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Liu, Yu-Ming²  Tsai, Shang-Ying^1,2,3,4  Fleck, David E.⁵  Strakowski, Stephen M.⁵ 

[1] Taipei Med Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Coll Med, Taipei 110, Taiwan

[2] Taipei City Hosp, Taipei City Psychiat Ctr, Songde Branch, Taipei, Taiwan

[3] Taipei Med Univ Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Taipei, Taiwan

[4] Taipei Med Univ Hosp, Ctr Psychiat Res, Taipei, Taiwan

[5] Univ Cincinnati, Coll Med, Dept Psychiat, Cincinnati, OH USA

关键词: Cross-cultural comparison;    Bipolar disorder;    Executive dysfunction;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2011.05.038

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

We compared executive dysfunction with the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) among distinct national and ethnic patients with bipolar disorder in euthymia. Bipolar patients, aged 16-45 years, from the United States (n = 25) and Taiwan (n = 30) did not differ significantly on any measure. The WCST score for number Failure to Maintain Set was significantly positively correlated with residual affective symptoms in Taiwanese and US patients. Selective executive dysfunction in euthymia is inherent to bipolar disorder. Euthymic bipolar patients of various ethnic groups may exhibit similar executive dysfunction. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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