Executive functioning in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-98

  Favre, Tricia ^a   Hughes, Carroll ^b   Emslie, Graham ^b   Stavinoha, Peter ^b   Kennard, Beth ^b   Carmody, Thomas ^b  

^a Dallas Children's Advocacy Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood depression; Executive functioning; Major depressive disorder; Neuropsychological impairment; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; STROOP COLOR WORD TEST; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 57749121351     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040802577311     Document Type: Article

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