Popkin S J, Gallagher D, Thompson L W, Moore M
Exp Aging Res. 1982 Fall-Winter;8(3-4):141-5. doi: 10.1080/03610738208260271.
The present study investigated the influence of depression on memory complaints and performance in a sample of community dwelling older adults (N = 41). Complaints were significantly more frequent in the clinically depressed subsample. However, their actual performance on tests of immediate and delayed recall did not differ significantly from the performance of nondepressed older adults. In addition, results indicated that depressives who responded favorably to a program of psychotherapy demonstrated significant reductions in levels of memory complaints at post-treatment assessment. Implications of these data for further research are discussed.
本研究调查了抑郁症对一组社区居住的老年人（N = 41）的记忆主诉及表现的影响。在临床诊断为抑郁症的子样本中，主诉明显更为频繁。然而，他们在即时回忆和延迟回忆测试中的实际表现与非抑郁老年人的表现并无显著差异。此外，结果表明，对心理治疗方案反应良好的抑郁症患者在治疗后评估时记忆主诉水平显著降低。本文讨论了这些数据对进一步研究的意义。
