Reaction Time and Visual Memory in Connection to Alcohol Use in Persons with Bipolar Disorder.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to explore the association of cognition with hazardous drinking and alcohol-related disorder in persons with bipolar disorder (BD). The study population included 1268 persons from Finland with bipolar disorder. Alcohol use was assessed through hazardous drinking and alcohol-related disorder including alcohol use disorder (AUD). Hazardous drinking was screened with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test for Consumption (AUDIT-C) screening tool. Alcohol-related disorder diagnoses were obtained from the national registrar data. Participants performed two computerized tasks from the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB) on A tablet computer: the 5-choice serial reaction time task, or reaction time (RT) test and the Paired Associative

SUBMITTER: Mazumder AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8467646 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature