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Activity, depression, medication and performance on the Revised Kendrick Battery
Author(s) -
Kendrick Don C.,
Moyes Isabel C. A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1979.tb00344.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychology , battery (electricity) , cognition , psychiatry , clinical psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
A theory for the cognitive assessment of the elderly has been previously reported (Kendrick, 1972), in which it was predicted that normal and depressed subjects would not differ on cognitive tests unless ‘pseudodementia’ was indicated. Recent studies involving the Revised Kendrick Battery have led to a modification of the theory. The theory now has to take into account the effects of activity and medication, the former enhancing performance, the latter decreasing it. The previous studies (Kendrick & Post, 1967; Kendrick, 1972), have been re‐examined and explanations given for the differences found between studies.