Motor Imagery in Unipolar Major Depression

Motor Imagery in Unipolar Major Depression

BACKGROUND Motor imagery is a potential tool to investigate action representation, as it can provide insights into the processes of action planning and preparation. Recent studies suggest that depressed patients present specific impairment in mental rotation. The present study was designed to investigate the influence of unipolar depression on motor imagery ability. METHODS Fourteen right-han...

Mental rotation in unipolar major depression.

Mental rotation (MR) performance may be used as an index of mental slowing or bradyphrenia, and may reflect, in particular, speed of motor preparation. MR was employed with a sample of both melancholic (n=8) and non-melancholic (n=9) unipolar depressed patients and healthy controls (n=10) to determine if motor slowing associated with depression might be reflected in slowed motor preparation (as...

Predictors of remission after electroconvulsive therapy in unipolar major depression.

CONTEXT Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective biological treatment for major depression. However, there is little agreement about clinically useful predictors of acute ECT outcomes. OBJECTIVE To assess whether age, sex, burden of comorbid physical illness, age at onset, history of recurrence, episode duration, chronic depression or comorbid dysthymia, melancholic features, epi...

Prophylactic citalopram reduced recurrences of unipolar major depression.

P a t i e n t s 121 outpatients ≥ 65 years of age (mean age 75 y, 77% women) with unipolar major depression (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition [DSM-IV], 296.2x or 296.3x and Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale [MADRS] score ≥ 22) who responded to acute and continuation treatment with citalopram (20 to 40 mg) for 8 and 16 weeks, respectively. Response to bo...

A study of recurrent unipolar major depression and executive functions