Journal article
Theory of mind in first degree relatives of individuals with bipolar disorder
MT Reynolds, TE Van Rheenen, SL Rossell
Psychiatry Research | Published : 2014
Abstract
We assessed theory of mind (ToM) performance in unaffected first-degree relatives of individuals with bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls across several well recognised tasks. Results indicated that the former group were significantly impaired on the verbal but not visual or higher-order ToM tasks, suggesting that a verbal ToM deficit might be a useful endophenotypic marker for bipolar disorder. © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors declare no conflicts of interest but would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Australian Rotary Health/Bipolar expedition, Helen McPherson Smith Trust, and an Australian Postgraduate Award.