The Neuropsychology of Depression: A Literature Review and Preliminary Model

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-42

  Shenal, Brian V ^a,b   Harrison, David W ^b   Demaree, Heath A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral; Depression; Emotion; Lateralization; Theory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038660473     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022300622902     Document Type: Review

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