Executive functioning and verbal memory in young patients with unipolar depression and schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-187

  Fossati, Philippe ^a   Amar, Gilles ^b   Raoux, Nadine ^c   Ergis, Anne M ^c   Allilaire, Jean F ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hopital Laennec   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Depression; Executive function; Hypothesis testing; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE; AMISULPRIDE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOZAPINE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; MIANSERIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0033392479     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(99)00110-9     Document Type: Article

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