Neuropsychological performance in melancholic, atypical and undifferentiated major depression during depressed and remitted states: A prospective longitudinal study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-191

  Lin, Kangguang ^a,b,g   Xu, Guiyun ^a,g   Lu, Weicong ^a,g   Ouyang, Huiyi ^a,g   Dang, Yamei ^a,g   Lorenzo Seva, Urbano ^c   Guo, Yangbo ^a,g   Bessonov, Daniel ^d   Akiskal, Hagop S ^d   So, Kwok Fai ^b,e,f   Lee, Tatia M C ^b,e  

^a Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atypical depression; Clinical trial; Major depression; Melancholic depression; Neuropsychological test; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPEECH; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; UNDIFFERENTIATED MAJOR DEPRESSION; VELOCITY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84904991468     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.06.032     Document Type: Article

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