Cognitive function in depression: A distinct pattern of frontal impairment in melancholia?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-85

  Austin, M P ^a,b   Mitchell, P ^b   Wilhelm, K ^b   Parker, G ^b   Hickie, I ^b   Brodaty, H ^b   Chan, J ^b   Eyers, K ^b   Milic, M ^b   Hadzi Pavlovic, D ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032897159     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007788     Document Type: Article

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