Self-reported versus Neuropsychological Measures of Executive Dysfunction in Patients with Bipolar II Disorder

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Event Abstract Back to Event Self-reported versus Neuropsychological Measures of Executive Dysfunction in Patients with Bipolar II Disorder S. Andersson1*, E. Bøen1, O. Lund1, U F Malt1, 2 and T. Mengshoel1 1 Oslo University Hospital – Rikshospitalet, Dept. of Neuropsychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, Norway 2 University of Oslo, Institute of Psychiatry, Norway Introduction: Bipolar disorders are associated with executive dysfunctions. Research has mostly focused on bipolar I disorder, less is known about the nature and magnitude of executive dysfunction in bipolar II disorder. Methods: Twenty-one bipolar II disorder patients and 44 controls completed neuropsychological tests assessing different aspects of executive functions. Self-reported executive dysfunction was measured by the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function—Adult version (BRIEF-A). Results: There were no significant differences between patients and controls on any of the neuropsychological measures of executive function. In contrast, bipolar patients reported significantly more BRIEF-A executive dysfunction compared to controls (all subscales differences values < 0.0001) with effect sizes ranging from 1.27 to 2.34. Only a few neuropsychological results were significantly associated with selfreported executive problems in the bipolar II group. The significant associations reflected cognitive aspects of executive function (set shifting, cognitive flexibility, executive control of attention). Discussion: The results indicate that BRIEF-A and neuropsychological methods captures different dimensions of executive function, demonstrating the problem of ecological validity of standardized neuropsychological methods. Alternatively, self-reported executive dysfunction could be interpreted to reflect clinical psychiatric features of bipolar disorders, such as emotional and behavioural dysregulation that are not captured by conventional neuropsychological methods. Conference: The 20th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference, The frontal lobes, Toronto, Canada, 22 Mar - 26 Mar, 2010. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Psychiatric Citation: Andersson S, Bøen E, Lund O, Malt U and Mengshoel T (2010). Self-reported versus Neuropsychological Measures of Executive Dysfunction in Patients with Bipolar II Disorder. Conference Abstract: The 20th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference, The frontal lobes. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.14.00145 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 01 Jul 2010; Published Online: 01 Jul 2010. * Correspondence: S. Andersson, Oslo University Hospital – Rikshospitalet, Dept. of Neuropsychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, Oslo, Norway, stein.andersson@psykologi.uio.no Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers S. Andersson E. Bøen O. Lund U F Malt T. Mengshoel Google S. Andersson E. Bøen O. Lund U F Malt T. Mengshoel Google Scholar S. Andersson E. Bøen O. Lund U F Malt T. Mengshoel PubMed S. Andersson E. Bøen O. Lund U F Malt T. Mengshoel Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.