Cognitive impairment in patients with depression is often overlooked because cognitive
deficits and symptoms of depression often overlap. Understanding the neurobiological …

Depression is one of the most frequent comorbid psychiatric disorders identified in patients
with neurological disorders. The prevalence rates range between 20 and 50% of patients …

Objectives Cognitive abnormalities are an established part of the symptomatology of mood
disorders. However, questions still exist regarding the exact profile of these deficits in terms …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent and recurring mental disorder often
associated with high rates of non-recovery and substantial consequences on psychosocial …

People with depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia manifest considerable
cognitive deficits and impairments in everyday functional outcomes. The severity of current …

Introduction: In this study we estimated the rate and the trajectory of cognitive impairment in
a naturalistic sample of outpatients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar …

Introduction. Unipolar depressives seem apt to show neuropsychological impairment,
particularly involving executive function and memory. Yet, not all depressed patients show …

BackgroundAlthough neurocognitive impairment has been widely reported in major
depressive disorder (MDD), confounding factors, such as the effects of psychotropic …

Disability in life functioning is an important and poorly understood consequence of major
depressive disorder (MDD). Mood symptoms do not account for the magnitude of disability …

Background: Poor theory of mind (ToM) performance has been found in patients with mood
disorders, but it has not been examined in the subgroup of chronic depression where ToM …