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Neuropsychological Impairment of Patients with Depression

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Neuropsychological impairment is one of the most common and persistent symptoms of depressive disorders. Studies indicate impairment in the domains of executive functions, attention, and memory. However, a definite profile of these impairments has yet not been identified possibly due to the fact that the neuropsychological performance is influenced by several clinical and demographic factors, e.g., depression subtype, rumination, and age. Depression also further deteriorates cognitive performance of brain-damaged patients. Impairments improve with remission of the disorder but do often not reverse completely. In addition, they have an important clinical impact and are positively related to suicidality, poor treatment response, and reduced everyday functioning. Therefore, effective treatment is needed. First results raised hope that neuropsychological impairment in depression is successfully treatable with neuropsychological therapy, training of mindfulness, specific antidepressants, and new neurobiological treatments such as transcranial magnet stimulation.

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