JOURNAL ARTICLE

Depressive symptoms and cognitive decline in older adults

Abstract

Depressive symptoms are associated with later impaired processing speed. These effects are small. Diverse depression trajectories have different impacts on cognitive function.

Keywords:
Cognitive decline Depressive symptoms Gerontology Cognition Psychology Medicine Clinical psychology Psychiatry Dementia Disease Internal medicine

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15.24
FWCI (Field Weighted Citation Impact)
62
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0.98
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Citation History

Topics

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Psychiatry and Mental health
Treatment of Major Depression
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Pharmacology
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Social Sciences →  Economics, Econometrics and Finance →  Economics and Econometrics

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