Autobiographical memory in the euthymic phase of recurrent depression

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 590-600

  Spinhoven, Philip ^a   Bockting, Claudi L H ^b   Schene, Aart H ^b   Koeter, Maarten W J ^b   Wekking, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Williams, J Mark G ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Cognitive impairment; Cognitive therapy; Depression; Executive functioning; Relapse recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SYMPTOM; COGNITION; DYSTHYMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; LITERATURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33748880363     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.115.3.590     Document Type: Article

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