Objective To determine whether older primary care patients with a Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) have lower heart rate variability (HRV) compared to non-depressed patients. HRV is a measure of cardiac autonomic functioning. Method A cross-sectional comparison of 136 elderly persons with MDD and 136
Cognitive biases in depressed and non-depressed referred youth
✍ Scribed by Benedikte Timbremont; Caroline Braet; Guy Bosmans; Leen Van Vlierberghe
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1063-3995
- DOI
- 10.1002/cpp.579
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