The effect of comorbid anxiety disorder on neuropsychological function in bipolar II disorder

Executive function in eating disorders: The role of state anxiety

“…Executive function deficits have been reported in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder 30 and other anxiety disorders 31 ; co-morbid anxiety also has been shown to exacerbate executive function deficits in individuals with depression 11,15 and bipolar II disorder. 13 A full range of anxiety disorder diagnoses was found within our sample, with social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and general anxiety disorder being most common across groups. One surprising finding here, however, given associations previously reported between executive function and depression in other populations, 12,14,32 is that depressive symptoms did not significantly account for variance in executive function performance in our sample.…”

“…Depression and anxiety have been shown to affect executive function performance in other psychiatric populations. [11][12][13][14] One report suggests that at least one type of executive function, cognitive set-shifting, is diminished in anxious and depressed women with eating disorders. 9 We examined executive function in women being discharged from an inpatient eating disorders program at the Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital.…”

Cognitive variability in bipolar II disorder: who is cognitively impaired and who is preserved

“…These findings have implications for the concept of staging , which may help to guide specific and tailored pharmacological and psychosocial interventions to distinct patient subgroups . In addition, the inclusion of other clinical variables such as affective temperaments as well as comorbidities that might have a substantial impact on neuropsychological performance in patients with BD‐II () could be of interest to provide additional information concerning the possible influence of these factors in the different cognitive profiles. Meanwhile, according to our findings, the assessment of neuropsychological performance appears to be as relevant in BD‐II as in BD‐I, and should probably be part of the standard baseline evaluation in all patients with BD.…”

Evidence for cognitive subgroups in bipolar disorder and the influence of subclinical depression and sleep disturbances

“…Accordingly, a significant association between comorbid anxiety and reduced word fluency has been demonstrated (Palsson et al, 2013). Wu et al (2011) compared the neurocognitive performance of euthymic BP-II patients with and without comorbid anxiety and found persistent impairments of verbal and non-verbal memory, psychomotor speed and working memory in those BP with comorbid anxiety. Levy (2013) found a relationship between higher arousal during neuropsychological tasks and worse test performance.…”