Memory Deficits in Depression: Evidence Utilizing the Wechsler Memory Scale
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 51 (2) , 541-542
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1980.51.2.541
Abstract
The performance of 21 hospitalized depressed patients was compared to a matched group of 21 controls on the Wechsler 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.Keywords
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