Executive function in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the influence of comorbid depression

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 114-121

  Olff, Miranda ^a,b   Polak, A Rosaura ^a   Witteveen, Anke B ^a   Denys, Damiaan ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ARQ PSYCHOTRAUMA EXPERT GROUP   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbid depressive disorder; Executive function; Neurocognitive; Neuropsychology; PTSD; Symptom clusters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAMBRIDGE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST AUTOMATED BATTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTRA DIMENSIONAL SET SHIFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRA DIMENSIONAL SET SHIFT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONE TOUCH STOCKINGS OF CAMBRIDGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STOP SIGNAL TASK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORKING MEMORY; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901929450     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.01.003     Document Type: Review

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