title: The recollection of affect.
abstract: A group of psychiatric in-patients significantly over-estimated the intensity of their depression when asked to recollect how depressed they had been one week earlier. The initial level of depression affected the accuracy of recall. Unexpectedly, patients who were more depressed initially had more accurate recall, particularly for biological and symptomatically negative items of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schrader
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stefanovic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Christie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D001143:Arousal; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010556:Personality Tests; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology