“…[1][2][3][4] These deficits are robustly associated with poor psychosocial outcomes, 5 and identifying predictors of cognitive impairment, particularly modifiable ones, is therefore a priority. To date, such predictors include medications, namely, mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics, 1,[6][7][8][9] substance abuse or dependence, 10 duration of illness and number of episodes, 1,6,11 childhood trauma, 12 and possibly obesity. 13 The deficits in the broad domains of attention, learning-memory, and executive function are also present even in patients with first-episode mania, where the variables associated with the progression of BD are fewer.…”