Unterschiede im verbalen Lernen und Gedächtnis zwischen (teil-)remittierten Patienten mit depressiver Episode und Schizophrenie.

This study investigates context dependent differences in verbal learning and memory between patients in (partial) remission with nonpsychotic major depression (N = 65) or schizophrenia (N = 76). Schizophrenia patients in comparison to depressive patients showed significantly poorer performance in the recall of context dependent (assessed with the subtest "Logical memory" from the WMS-R) as well as the context independent (assessed with the VLMT) verbal tasks in most learning and memory parameters, except for the immediate memory span (supra span). Exploratory analyzes of percentile ranks and T-scores also indicated that supra span seems not to be impaired in comparison to healthy population in both patient groups. Furthermore, patients with Major Depression presented deficits in delayed recall (VLMT and WMS-R). The practical implications are discussed in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]