Clinical and Neurocognitive Predictors of Functional Outcome in Depressed Patients with Partial Response to Treatment: One Year Follow-Up Study.
Sabrina CastellanoCarla TorrentMaria Cristina PetraliaJustyna GodosRita Anna CantarellaAndrea VentimigliaSimona De VivoSilvia PlataniaMaria GuarneraConcetta PirroneFilippo DragoEduard VietaSanto Di NuovoDina PopovicFilippo CaraciPublished in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment (2020)
Our data suggest that long-term psychosocial functioning can be influenced by neurocognitive performance at baseline, with verbal memory playing a key role in overall functioning. Furthermore, improvement in verbal memory can predict functional outcome at one year in MDD patients with a recent history of partial response to antidepressants.