A meta-analysis of executive dysfunctions in unipolar major depressive disorder without psychotic symptoms and their changes during antidepressant treatment

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 281-292

  Wagner, S ^a   Doering, B ^a   Helmreich, I ^a   Lieb, K ^a   Tadic A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Executive dysfunctions; Major depressive disorder; Meta analysis; Treatment response; Unipolar

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; STROOP TEST; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROOP TEST; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 84858161331     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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