Decreased working memory and processing speed mediate cognitive impairment in geriatric depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 679-691

  Nebes, Robert D ^a,b   Butters, M A ^a   Mulsant, B H ^a   Pollock, B G ^a   Zmuda, M D ^a   Houck, P R ^a   Reynolds III, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THOUGHT DISORDER; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0034086568     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799001968     Document Type: Article

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