Neuropsychological deficits in major depression reflect genetic/familial risk more than clinical history: A monozygotic discordant twin-pair study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-94

  Hsu, Kean J ^a   Young Wolff, Kelly C ^b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^c   Halberstadt, Lisa J ^c   Prescott, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Genetics; Major depression; Neuropsychological impairment; Risk factors; Scarring effects; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-III-R; FAMILIAL RISK; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING; GENETICS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCARRING EFFECTS; TWINS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84892899528     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.10.037     Document Type: Article

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