The ACTIVE cognitive training interventions and the Onset of and recovery from suspected clinical depression

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 577-585

  Wolinsky, Fredric D ^a,b   Mahncke, Henry W ^c   Weg, Mark W Vander ^a,d   Martin, Rene ^a,e   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^f   Ball, Karlene K ^g   Jones, Richard N ^h   Tennstedt, Sharon L ⁱ  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Posit Science Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

ⁱ NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTIVE; Depression; Randomized controlled trial; Speed of processing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; RECURRENCE; SELF EFFICACY; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 69249239018     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp061     Document Type: Article

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