Cognitive impairment in depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2029-2040

  Rock, P L ^a,b   Roiser, J P ^c   Riedel, W J ^a,d,e   Blackwell, A D ^a,d  

^a CAMBRIDGE COGNITION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; CANTAB; Cognition; Depression; Executive function; Memory

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS;

EID: 84902260775     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713002535     Document Type: Review

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