Association of age at depression onset with cognitive functioning in individuals with late-life depression and executive dysfunction

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1633-1641

  MacKin, R Scott ^a,b   Nelson, J Craig ^a   Delucchi, Kevin L ^a   Raue, Patrick J ^c   Satre, Derek D ^a,d   Kiosses, Dimitris N ^c   Alexopoulos, George S ^c   Arean, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

age at onset; Cognitive functioning; disability; executive dysfunction; late onset; late life depression; learning; memory; vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; ONSET AGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); AGE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928205416     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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