“…Some clinical studies have reported the presentation of specific language impairment (SLI) in patients with bipolar disorder, suggesting that deficiencies in verbal functions are among the most outstanding. For example, interpretation, writing, and oral comprehension are presented as being below the expected considering the age and intellectual coefficient (Mattos, Rabelo, Gueiros, Soares, & Coutinho, 2009). Alterations in verbal fluency, both formal and semantic fluency, have also been reported in patients with bipolar disorder (Radanovic, Nunes, Gattaz, & Forlenza, 2008).…”