@article{ref1,
title="Information processing in patients with first episode major depression",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="2012",
author="Hammar, Åsa and Kildal, Anna B. and Schmid, Marit",
volume="53",
number="6",
pages="445-449",
abstract="Few studies have investigated cognitive functioning in a group of patients experiencing a first episode of depression. The aim of this study was to investigate how patients diagnosed with a first episode of depression perform in effortful and non-effortful information processing compared to healthy controls. An experimental paradigm based on a visual search test was applied. Thirty-one patients and thirty-one healthy controls were included in the study. All patients experienced a severe level of symptom load at the time of testing. <br><br>RESULTS showed no significant differences between groups under any of the conditions. <br><br>FINDINGS in the present study indicate that patients with a first episode of depression perform equally to healthy controls in tasks requiring visual attention in both effortful and non-effortful information processing.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="10.1111/sjop.12012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12012"
}