The neuropsychology of depression in the elderly: a comparative study of normal aging and Alzheimer's disease.
The neuropsychology of depression in the elderly: a comparative study of normal aging and Alzheimer's disease.
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老年人抑郁症的神经心理学：正常衰老和阿尔茨海默病的比较研究。
DOI：
10.1176/jnp.3.2.163
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1991
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Cox,C
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作者：
King,DA;Caine,ED;Conwell,Y;Cox,C
本文将23例老年抑郁症患者的神经心理测试与23例健康对照和20例阿尔茨海默病（AD）患者的神经心理测试进行比较。与对照组相比，抑郁症受试者在大多数任务上都存在缺陷，包括命名和提示记忆。年龄对抑郁受试者（相对于对照组）在某些任务上的表现有更大的负面影响。尽管有明显的缺陷，抑郁症患者与AD患者还是有明显的区别。这表明，年龄和抑郁的综合影响产生了一种不同于年轻抑郁症患者的缺陷模式，但没有老年痴呆症患者严重。
The neuropsychological testing of 23 elderly depressed patients was compared to that of 23 healthy controls and 20 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Depressed subjects were deficient relative to controls on most tasks, including naming and cued memory. There was a greater negative influence of age on the performance of depressed subjects (relative to controls) on some tasks. Despite their significant deficits, depressed patients were clearly distinguishable from AD patients. It is suggested that the combined effects of age and depression produce a pattern of deficits that is distinct from that of younger depressives, but less severe than that of Alzheimer's patients.