Qualitative analysis of verbal fluency in depression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Fossati, Philippe ^a   Guillaume, Le Bastard ^a   Ergis, Anne Marie ^a,b   Allilaire, Jean François ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Clustering; Cognitive flexibility; Depression; Switching; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037464829     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(02)00300-1     Document Type: Article

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