Comparing Neurocognitive Profile of Patients with Borderline Personality and Bipolar-II Disorders
Objective: The present study was conducted to compare neurocognitive profile in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar II disorder (BD-II) and to find whether BPD can be classified as one of bipolar spectrum disorders. Method: A total of 35 patients with BPD and 35 euthym...
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| author | Valiolah Akbari Parvin Rahmatinejad Seyed Davood Mohammadi |
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| description | Objective: The present study was conducted to compare neurocognitive profile in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar II disorder (BD-II) and to find whether BPD can be classified as one of bipolar spectrum disorders.
Method: A total of 35 patients with BPD and 35 euthymic patients with BDII disorder were selected by convenience sampling method. These 2 groups were compared with 30 healthy individuals using neurocognitive battery tests that assessed cognitive flexibility and set-shifting, response inhibition, problem-solving, decision-making, and sustained and selective attention. Data were analyzed using independent t test, X2 and ANOVA.
Results: Patients with euthymic BDII and BPD had poorer performance than the healthy group in most neurocognitive domains (p<0.05). Both patient groups showed similar functions in cognitive flexibility and set-shifting, decision-making, sustained and selective attention, and problem-solving (p<0.05). BPD patients had more elevated response inhibition deficits than BD-II patients (P<0.05). Also, BPD patients had poorer performance in planning compared to BD-II patients (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The results provided empirical support for previous findings which have reported that patients with BPD and BD-II show neurocognitive dysfunctions. Despite the similarity between these 2 clinical groups in terms of neurocognitive profile in this study, more extensive studies are needed to confirm the hypothesis that BPD can be conceptualized as one of bipolar spectrum disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68b94921f6b64aa0a68aae823623c81e2022-12-22T01:37:15ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Psychiatry1735-45872008-22152019-05-0114210.18502/ijps.v14i2.9901270Comparing Neurocognitive Profile of Patients with Borderline Personality and Bipolar-II DisordersValiolah Akbari0Parvin Rahmatinejad1Seyed Davood Mohammadi2Department of Psychiatry, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.Clinical Psychology, Forghani Hospital Research Development Committee, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Medicine School, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, IranObjective: The present study was conducted to compare neurocognitive profile in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar II disorder (BD-II) and to find whether BPD can be classified as one of bipolar spectrum disorders. Method: A total of 35 patients with BPD and 35 euthymic patients with BDII disorder were selected by convenience sampling method. These 2 groups were compared with 30 healthy individuals using neurocognitive battery tests that assessed cognitive flexibility and set-shifting, response inhibition, problem-solving, decision-making, and sustained and selective attention. Data were analyzed using independent t test, X2 and ANOVA. Results: Patients with euthymic BDII and BPD had poorer performance than the healthy group in most neurocognitive domains (p<0.05). Both patient groups showed similar functions in cognitive flexibility and set-shifting, decision-making, sustained and selective attention, and problem-solving (p<0.05). BPD patients had more elevated response inhibition deficits than BD-II patients (P<0.05). Also, BPD patients had poorer performance in planning compared to BD-II patients (P<0.05). Conclusion: The results provided empirical support for previous findings which have reported that patients with BPD and BD-II show neurocognitive dysfunctions. Despite the similarity between these 2 clinical groups in terms of neurocognitive profile in this study, more extensive studies are needed to confirm the hypothesis that BPD can be conceptualized as one of bipolar spectrum disorders.https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/1270Bipolar DisorderBorderline Personality DisorderNeurocognitive Profile |
| spellingShingle | Valiolah Akbari Parvin Rahmatinejad Seyed Davood Mohammadi Comparing Neurocognitive Profile of Patients with Borderline Personality and Bipolar-II Disorders Iranian Journal of Psychiatry Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Neurocognitive Profile |
| title | Comparing Neurocognitive Profile of Patients with Borderline Personality and Bipolar-II Disorders |
| title_full | Comparing Neurocognitive Profile of Patients with Borderline Personality and Bipolar-II Disorders |
| title_fullStr | Comparing Neurocognitive Profile of Patients with Borderline Personality and Bipolar-II Disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing Neurocognitive Profile of Patients with Borderline Personality and Bipolar-II Disorders |
| title_short | Comparing Neurocognitive Profile of Patients with Borderline Personality and Bipolar-II Disorders |
| title_sort | comparing neurocognitive profile of patients with borderline personality and bipolar ii disorders |
| topic | Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Neurocognitive Profile |
| url | https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/1270 |
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