Social cognition in first episode bipolar disorder patients

•First-episode patients exhibited lower theory of mind and fear recognition than healthy controls.•These social cognitive deficits were independent of neurocognitive deficits.•Social cognitive deficits were not associated with psychosocial function in recently-diagnosed patients. The aim of this stu...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2019-02, Vol.272, p.551-554
Main Authors: Szmulewicz, Alejandro G., Lomastro, María Julieta, Valerio, Marina P., Igoa, Ana, Martino, Diego J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder - psychology
Cognition - physiology
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Emotions - physiology
Female
First-episode
Humans
Intelligence - physiology
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mental Status and Dementia Tests
Social Behavior
Social cognition
Theory of Mind - physiology
Young Adult
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Summary:•First-episode patients exhibited lower theory of mind and fear recognition than healthy controls.•These social cognitive deficits were independent of neurocognitive deficits.•Social cognitive deficits were not associated with psychosocial function in recently-diagnosed patients. The aim of this study was to describe theory of mind (ToM) and emotional processing (EP) functioning in recently diagnosed bipolar disorder (BD). We evaluated 26 first episode BD (mean age 22.9 ± 7.4) and 26 controls matched on age, gender, education, and premorbid intelligence. A significant poorer performance on the capacity of patients to infer other's intentions (cognitive ToM) that was partially independent from neurocognitive deficits (p 
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.002