TY - JOUR
T1 - The neural network basis for abnormalities of attention and executive function in major depressive disorder
T2 - Implications for application of the medical disease model to psychiatric disorders
AU - Ottowitz, William E.
AU - Dougherty, Darin D.
AU - Savage, Cary R.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The deficits in attention and executive function characteristic of major depressive disorder (MDD) are reviewed. The networks underlying attention and executive function, the neuropsychological tests commonly used to evaluate these domains, and the neuroanatomy of MDD are also discussed. A neural network approach to the attentional and executive function deficits of MDD has ramifications for hypothesis-guided research, the cognitive model of depression, and application of the medical disease model to psychiatric disorders.
AB - The deficits in attention and executive function characteristic of major depressive disorder (MDD) are reviewed. The networks underlying attention and executive function, the neuropsychological tests commonly used to evaluate these domains, and the neuroanatomy of MDD are also discussed. A neural network approach to the attentional and executive function deficits of MDD has ramifications for hypothesis-guided research, the cognitive model of depression, and application of the medical disease model to psychiatric disorders.
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U2 - 10.1080/10673220216210
DO - 10.1080/10673220216210
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11897749
AN - SCOPUS:0036201959
VL - 10
SP - 86
EP - 99
JO - Harvard Review of Psychiatry
JF - Harvard Review of Psychiatry
SN - 1067-3229
IS - 2
ER -