The Clinical Relationship Between Cognitive Impairment and Psychosocial Functioning in Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review

A well-established body of research suggests that cognitive dysfunction accompanies psychiatric disorders including Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), with impaired ability to think, concentrate and make decisions appearing in the diagnostic criteria (American Psychiatric Association,  2013). While the association between cognitive dysfunction and functional deficits in everyday life has been thoroughly explored in schizophrenia and Bipolar (Martínez-Arán et al., 2004; Thomas et al., 2004)), this relationship requires further investigation in MDD (Knight and Baune, 2018a; Mc Intyre et al., 2015; Rock et al., 2014a).
Source: Psychiatry Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research