J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1991; 3:64-66
Copyright © 1991 by American Neuropsychiatric Association
Predicting severity of depression in the elderly at six-month follow- up: a neuropsychological study
DA King, ED Caine, Y Conwell and C Cox
UR-NIMH Clinical Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York, USA.
The authors conducted psychopathological and neuropsychological assessments
on a pilot sample of 15 nondemented elderly depressed patients at the
outset of inpatient treatment and again after 6 months. Pretreatment
performance on a test of confrontation naming was predictive of severity of
depressive symptoms at follow-up. These findings tentatively suggest that
the naming ability of elderly depressed subjects may have prognostic
significance.
