Pediatric Depression Symptoms, Executive Functioning Weaknesses, and Associated Neuropsychological and Psychiatric Outcomes.
Despite numerous studies in adults, only a handful of studies have examined executive functioning (EF) in childhood depression. Our study examined the relationship between significant depressive symptoms and an EF weakness in a child inpatient psychiatric setting. A medical chart review was conducte...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 1661 - 1671 |
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