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Cognitive functioning in elderly depressed patients with and without psychosis
Author(s) -
Kunik Mark E.,
Champagne Laura,
Harper Robert G.,
Chacko Ranjit C.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930091103
Subject(s) - verbal fluency test , cognition , neuropsychology , psychosis , depression (economics) , psychology , psychotic depression , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , cognitive skill , verbal memory , clinical psychology , cognitive disorder , cognitive impairment , economics , macroeconomics
Cognitive deficits occurring with major depression in the elderly are well recognized. However, cognitive differences in depressed patients with and without psychotic features have received little attention. Of 14 consecutively referred elderly patients with major depression, the eight patients with psychotic features had significantly more cognitive deficits on neuropsychological tests than the six patients with major depression without psychotic features. The differences in performance IQ were most remarkable, but the differences extended to verbal IQ subtests, word fluency and memory.