The impact of depression heterogeneity on cognitive control in major depressive disorder

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1079-1088

  Quinn, Candice R ^a   Harris, Anthony ^a,b   Felmingham, Kim ^c   Boyce, Philip ^a,b   Kemp, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; depression; executive function; melancholia; neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84873685107     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867412461383     Document Type: Article

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