Evidence of an early information processing speed deficit in unipolar major depression
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Evidence of an early information processing speed deficit in unipolar major depression.
BACKGROUND Slowing of the speed of information processing has been reported in geriatric depression, but it is not clear if the impairment is present in younger patients, if motor retardation is responsible, or if antidepressant medications play a role. METHOD Twenty unmedicated unipolar depressed inpatients were compared with 19 medicated depressed in-patients and 20 age-, sex- and verbal IQ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0033-2917,1469-8978
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291701005001