This study examined whether patients with major depressive disorder manifest deficits in
intelligence during affective episodes and following clinical improvement. WAIS-R scores
were contrasted in 100 patients in an episode of major depression with 50 normal controls …

Depression is known to be associated with deficits in effortful processing and word fluency.
Automatic processes, instead, appear largely intact in depressed patients. It was
investigated whether active word definition could be a less appropriate method than passive …

With the development and application of specific diagnostic criteria, depression has been
clarified as a major cause of behavioral disturbance in children. 62% of a group of 100
prepubertal children with school problems fulfilled the criteria for childhood depression …

The time that it takes a group of participants to respond in simple cognitive tasks varies
systematically with the identity of the group. For example, on most tasks, older adults take
longer to respond than younger adults. Similarly, on most tasks, younger children take …

… http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0048616. Keywords. comparative analysis; psychotic depressives;
verbal intelligence tests. Index Terms. *Intelligence; *Major Depression; Vocabulary. PsycINFO
Classification. 3211 Affective Disorders. Population Group. Human; Male; Female. Copyright …

… Child Development, 21, 203-228. Pinneau, SR (1953). Changes in performance on intelligence
tests from one month to eighteen years. Paper read at West. Psychol. Ass., Seattle, June, 1953 …
of Minnesota Press, 1931. Spitz, RA (1946). Anaclitic depression. Psychoanal. Stud …

In this ecological study, a robust negative correlation of r=−. 62 (P<. 01) is reported between
national IQs and consanguinity as measured by the log 10 transformed percentage of
consanguineous marriages for 72 countries. This correlation is reduced in magnitude, when …

This study presents the assessment of inbreeding depression on the intelligence quotient
among north Indian Muslim Children of school age. The Weschler Intelligence Scale for
Children (WISC-R)-74 was given to the children in both groups (50 each non-inbred and …

In a comparison of South African Indian and Black duodenal ulcer patients and a control
group of hospital patients, intelligence and depression were not found to be relevant to the
incidence of duodenal ulceration. This finding emerges as part of an ongoing study on the …

… Fluid intelligence, pulmonary function, aerobic fitness, and depression were assessed
at baseline, 3 mo, and 18 mo … Fluid intelligence, pulmonary function, aerobic fitness,
and depression were assessed at baseline, 3 mo, and 18 mo …