1. Autobiographical Memory in Major Depression: A Comparison between First-Episode and Recurrent Patients
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Christian Réveillère, Alexa Posté, Daniel Beaune, Jean-Louis Nandrino, Laurent Pezard, Université de Lille, CNRS, CHU Lille, Neurosciences cognitives et imagerie cérébrale [NCIC], Upres, temps, émotion et cognition, Université de Tours [UT], Neurosciences cognitives et imagerie cérébrale (NCIC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lille, Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Université de Tours (UT), and Université de Tours
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Emotions ,Neuropsychological Tests ,Life Change Events ,[SCCO]Cognitive science ,03 medical and health sciences ,Patient Admission ,0302 clinical medicine ,Recurrence ,Neuropsychologia ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Psychiatry ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Emotion ,First episode ,Depressive Disorder, Major ,Recall ,Autobiographical memory ,Cognition ,Middle Aged ,Recurrent depression ,First depressive episode ,Antidepressive Agents ,030227 psychiatry ,Predictive factor ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Chronic Disease ,Mental Recall ,Female ,Psychology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
International audience; Autobiographical memory in depression is characterized by an increase in general memory evocation. The aim of this study is to compare autobiographical memory in patients with a first depressive episode and in recurrent patients before and after recovery, using Williams’ and Scott’s autobiographical memory test. Our results show an increase of the number of general memories only with positive cue words in both groups of patients during the depressive episode. After clinical improvement, this specificity remains in recurrent patients who, in addition, recall more general memories for negative words. By contrast, patients with a first depressive episode are no longer different from controls. These results show both an overgeneralization and a deficit in positive memory access during the depressive episode, whatever the number of previous episodes. Moreover, recurrence chronically modifies access to emotional memories.
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- 2002
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