Speed of processing and depression affect function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 675-684

  Brown, Patrick J ^a   Liu, Xinhua ^b   Sneed, Joel R ^a,c,d   Pimontel, Monique A ^d   Devanand, D P ^a   Roose, Steven P ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; Functional impairment; Mild cognitive impairment; Processing speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TEST; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LOGICAL MEMORY II; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PFEFFER FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE; PROCESSING SPEED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027929798     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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