The value of using instruments such as the WREMB-R and the GIPD in a clinical context is that they can guide the physician in working towards remission, not only in terms of core symptom response, but also in terms of subjective patient outcome.
However, a recent systematic review on first episode mania (FEM) that included adolescents as well as adult samples, revealed discrepancies between study findings across most cognitive domains, apart from a consistently reported deficit in working memory during remission, and that verbal fluency and non-verbal memory remained intact (Daglas et al. 2015).
Higher rates were also found for other baseline measurements, reflecting decreased functioning such as CGI-S, working status, baseline remission, and QLS instrumental role functioning.
Told he had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, he had to abandon the sport; now four years into remission and working as a production assistant, he has returned to the ocean.
Now in remission and working again, she has set up the Sharon Fox Cancer Care Centre in Tamworth which provides support for cancer patients as well as money and benefits advice.
"Used to be ashamed of not working but now in remission," it reads.
Her treatment worked, placing her in remission and giving her an incredible sense of gratitude for the people who supported her along the way.
Baseline category was significantly related to CGI-S, presence of baseline EPS, working status, cross-sectional remission, age, and number of previous episodes (Table 3).
For example, some authors have argued that there may be a normalisation of working memory functions in remission phases, but that mild deficits may persist in specific tasks that impose additional demands on executive functions.
A study soon to be published in the Annals of Neurology by Olle Lindvall, who helped to start the work at Lund, suggests that remission can last for up to six years.But the figures are still open to debate.
