Awareness of memory deficits is useful to distinguish between depression and mild cognitive impairment in the elderly

Objective: To investigate whether the level of awareness of memory deficits is useful for discriminating between major depressive disorder (MDD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the elderly. Methods: Sixty-three consecutively referred patients (38 women and 25 men) with memory concerns compri...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Coutinho, Cláudia Drummond, Alina Teldeschi, Paulo Mattos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2016-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462016005006101&lng=en&tlng=en