Selective Neurocognitive Impairments in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Han, Georges; Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie; Jepsen, Susie; Ballard, Kristin; Nelson, Megan; Houri, Alaa; Kumra, Sanjiv; Cullen, Kathryn
Titel	Selective Neurocognitive Impairments in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 1, S.11-20 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.009
Schlagwörter	Reaction Time; Performance Tests; Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); Neurological Impairments; Affective Behavior; Decision Making; Attention; Cognitive Processes; Emotional Response; Self Control; Stimuli; Gender Differences; Comparative Analysis; Continuous Performance Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reaktionsvermögen; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsermittlung; Leistungsmessung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Aufmerksamkeit; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Emotionales Verhalten; Selbstbeherrschung; Anreizsystem; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	This study investigated whether major depression in adolescence is characterized by neurocognitive deficits in attention, affective decision making, and cognitive control of emotion processing. Neuropsychological tests including the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, the Continuous Performance Test-Identical Pairs, the Attention Network Test, the Iowa Gambling Task, the Emotional Go-NoGo Task, and the Face Go-NoGo Task were administered to adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) (n = 31) and psychiatric diagnosis free controls (n = 30). Findings indicated that compared with controls, depressed adolescents exhibited impaired sustained attention; a gender by group interaction on affective decision making such that depressed males tended to make less advantageous choices on the IGT; and an inverse pattern of correlations between depressive symptom counts and reaction time to affective stimuli, characterizing greater affective reactivity in depressed adolescents. Findings demonstrate that adolescents with MDD display selective neurocognitive impairments on tasks capturing "cool" and "hot" executive functioning. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10