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Mood Dependent Cognitive Change in a Man with Bipolar DisorderWhose Cycles Every 24 Hours
Dominic Lam, Mansell W
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 2008;15:255-262.
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Abstract
A case study of a bipolar patient whose mood changes every 24 hours is described to illustrate the changes in cognitive processing and content during different phases of bipolar disorder. The participant completed a battery of questionnaires and tasks on four separate occasions: twice when depressed and twice when manic. Depression tended to be associated with the recall of more general and unpleasant autobiographical memories and greater dependence on others as assessed by self-report and behavioural methods. In contrast, mania tended to be associated with more specific and pleasant autobiographical memories, and anti-dependence. These preliminary findings set the groundwork for further systematic studies of intraindividual variation in cognitive processing in bipolar disorder. The relevance to future research, theory and clinical practice are discussed.