Late-life depressive symptoms and lifetime history of major depression: cognitive deficits are largely due incipient dementia rather than depression

Background: Late-life depression is frequently accompanied by cognitive impairments. Objective: Whether these impairments indicate a prodromal state of dementia, or are a symptomatic expression of depression per se is not well-studied. Methods: In a cohort of very old initially non-demented primary...

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Main Authors: Heser, Kathrin (Author) , Weyerer, Siegfried (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Journal of Alzheimer's disease
Year: 2016, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 185-199
ISSN:1875-8908
DOI:10.3233/JAD-160209
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-160209
Verlag, Volltext: https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad160209
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Author Notes:Kathrin Heser, Markus Bleckwenn, Birgitt Wiese, Silke Mamone, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Janine Stein, Dagmar Lühmann, Tina Posselt, Angela Fuchs, Michael Pentzek, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Dagmar Weeg, Horst Bickel, Christian Brettschneider, Hans-Helmut König, Wolfgang Maier, Martin Scherer, Michael Wagner

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