%0 Journal Article %T The Cognitive State of Hospitalized Men with Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder %J Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology %V 11 %N 3 %U http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-60-en.html %R %D 2005 %K Key words: cognitive impairments, schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder, MMSE, %X  AbstractIntroduction: The aim of this study was to identify and compare cognitive impairments result- ing from schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder.Method: It was a descriptive-comparative study on 58 male patients hospitalized in Razi Psy-chiatric Center. Thirty-two patients were diagnosed with schizophrenia and 26 with bipolar I disorder. The Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) was used to assess the cognitive state of patients in 6 domains of cognitive function. The student’s t, Mann-Whitney, correlation coef- ficient and Kolmogrov-Smirnov tests were used for data analysis.Results: Cognitive impairments were more severe in schizophrenia patients (total scores were 19.44 for schizophrenia and 22.35 for bipolar I disorder). The impairments were distinctly pro- minent in the domain of language and verbal skills.Conclusion: Cognitive impairments are vaster and deeper in patients with schizophrenia than in bipolar I disorder. %> http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-60-en.pdf %P 298-303 %& 298 %! %9 Original Research %L A-10-1-60 %+ %G eng %@ 1735-4315 %[ 2005