[Cyclothymic depression and performance. Comparison of the efficiency of agitated and non-agitated cyclothymic depression patients on a brief test of severe depression].
Agitated and non-agitated cyclothym depressive patients were compared relative to their results in a short achievement test for measuring degree of depression; the agitated patients worked significantly less slowly in two of the five subtests. These differences may exist premorbidly and can be explained by a theoretical concept of arousal. We propose to control the subject's activational states which -- besides the control of age and intelligence -- might possibly precise the test results relative to the depth of depression.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001143:Arousal; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013997:Time Factors
Zyklothyme Depression und Leistung. Uberlegungen zum Vergleich der Leistungseffizienz agitierter und nicht-agitierter zyklothym depressiver Patienten in einem Kurztest der Depressionstiefe