The use of polygenic risk scores to identify phenotypes associated with genetic risk of bipolar disorder and depression: A systematic review

S Mistry, JR Harrison, DJ Smith, V Escott-Price… - Journal of affective …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Identifying the phenotypic manifestations of increased genetic liability for
depression (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) can enhance understanding of their aetiology …

Schizophrenia is a cognitive illness: time for a change in focus

RS Kahn, RSE Keefe - JAMA psychiatry, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Schizophrenia is currently classified as a psychotic disorder. This article posits that this
emphasis on psychosis is a conceptual fallacy that has greatly contributed to the lack of …

Effect of lithium on neurocognitive functioning

JK Rybakowski - Current Alzheimer Research, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Lithium is the first choice drug for the long-term prophylaxis of depressive and manic
episodes in bipolar disorder (BD). Both experimental and clinical studies show either …

[HTML][HTML] The association between familial risk and brain abnormalities is disease specific: an ENIGMA-relatives study of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

SM De Zwarte, RM Brouwer, I Agartz, M Alda… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share genetic liability, and some structural
brain abnormalities are common to both conditions. First-degree relatives of patients with …

High educational performance is a distinctive feature of bipolar disorder: a study on cognition in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia patients, relatives and controls

A Vreeker, MPM Boks, L Abramovic… - Psychological …, 2016 - cambridge.org
BackgroundSchizophrenia is associated with lower intelligence and poor educational
performance relative to the general population. This is, to a lesser degree, also found in first …

Educational achievement in psychiatric patients and their siblings: a register-based study in 30 000 individuals in the Netherlands

WM Tempelaar, F Termorshuizen… - Psychological …, 2017 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPoor educational achievement is associated with a range of psychiatric
disorders. Several studies suggest that this underperformance is due to cognitive deficits …

Intelligence, educational attainment, and brain structure in those at familial high‐risk for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

SMC de Zwarte, RM Brouwer, I Agartz… - Human Brain …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
First‐degree relatives of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (SZ‐FDRs) show similar
patterns of brain abnormalities and cognitive alterations to patients, albeit with smaller effect …

Child mental health problems as a risk factor for academic underachievement: A multi‐informant, population‐based study

IK Schuurmans, N Tamayo Martinez… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate whether child mental health problems prospectively associate with
IQ‐achievement discrepancy (ie, academic under‐and over‐achievement) in emerging …

Change in employment status in bipolar disorder: a longitudinal study using national claims data

HC Chang, KC Huang, WC Chiu… - The Journal of …, 2016 - legacy.psychiatrist.com
Objective: To assess change in employment status in patients with bipolar disorder in
comparison with non–mentally ill controls from 1 year before bipolar incidence to 10 years …

Developmental manifestations of polygenic risk for bipolar disorder from infancy to middle childhood

RB Askeland, LJ Hannigan, KS O'Connell… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge on how genetic risk for bipolar disorder manifests in developmental,
emotional or behavioral traits during childhood is lacking. This issue is important to address …