Speaker:
Katherine Burdick, PhD
Professor • Dept. of Psychiatry • Harvard Medical School

Jonathan F. Borus, MD Distinguished Chair in Psychiatry • Vice Chair for Research in Psychiatry • Director, Mood and Psychosis Research Program • Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Learning objectives:
• Characterize the cognitive profile common to bipolar disorder and compare it with that seen in schizophrenia
• Identify up to five known clinical correlates and novel biomarkers of cognitive impairment in bipolar patients
• Describe the cognitive trajectory in bipolar disorder, including both neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative processes
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