Language performance deficits in elderly depressed patients
Speedie L, O'donnell W, Rabins P, Pearlson G, Poggi M, Rothi L. Language performance deficits in elderly depressed patients. Aphasiology 1990, 4: 197-205. DOI: 10.1080/02687039008249070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLanguage performancePerformance deficitsElderly depressed patientsDepressed patientsLanguage functionJudgment difficultyNormal elderly subjectsCognitive impairmentAffective disordersDeficitsEducational levelMajor affective disordersElderly subjectsMemoryDifficultiesFurther explorationImpairmentDepressionLanguageDisordersPerformanceConfrontationNormal groupConfrontation naming deficit in dementia of depression
Speedie L, Rabins P, Pearlson G, Moberg P. Confrontation naming deficit in dementia of depression. Journal Of Neuropsychiatry 1990, 2: 59-63. PMID: 2136062, DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2.1.59.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDementia of depressionDelayed visual memoryIrreversible dementiaMemory taskVisual memoryFree recallLanguage abilityNondepressed control subjectsDepressed patientsMemoryCognitive impairmentNormal cognitionElderly depressed patientsRecallDepressionTaskDementiaMajor depressionReversible dementiaPatient groupControl subjectsCognitionPatientsDeficitsConfrontation