The differentiation of DSM-III-R psychotic depression in later life from nonpsychotic depression: Comparisons of brain changes measured by multispectral analysis of magnetic resonance brain images, neuropsychological findings, and clinical features

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-204

  Simpson, Steve ^a   Baldwin, Robert C ^a   Jackson, Alan ^b   Burns, Alistair ^c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Multispectral; Neuropsychology; Psychotic

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033556512     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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