Memory deficits in depression: evidence utilizing the Wechsler Memory Scale. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The performance of 21 hospitalized depressed patients was compared to a matched group of 21 controls on the Wechaler Memory Scale. The depressed patients showed deficits on Mental Control, Verbal Learning, and Visual Reproduction tasks, which indicate impairment of memory functions in depression. There may be a deficit in the attention and alerting mechanism of depressed patients.

publication date

  • October 1, 1980

Research

keywords

  • Depressive Disorder
  • Memory
  • Mental Recall
  • Wechsler Scales

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0019076726

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2466/pms.1980.51.2.541

PubMed ID

  • 7443375

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 51

issue

  • 2