Executive dysfunction and treatment response in late-life depression

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 893-899

  Pimontel, Monique A ^b   Culang Reinlieb, Michelle E ^b   Morimoto, Sarah S ^c   Sneed, Joel R ^a,b,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

antidepressant medication; executive dysfunction; geriatric depression; late life depression; response inhibition; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LATENT PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATING SCALE; REACTIVE INHIBITION; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84864713199     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2808     Document Type: Review

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