title: Cognitive and social functioning in recovery from depression: results from a population-based three-year follow-up.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study prospectively examined cognitive and social functioning in recovery from depression using participants sampled from the general population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-six depressed persons fulfilling (n=41) and not fulfilling (n=35) the criteria for DSM-IV depression at a three-year follow-up were compared with respect to episodic memory performance and social functioning at baseline (T1), at follow-up (T2) and change across time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The groups did not differ in episodic memory performance either at T1, T2 or in residual change. However, the groups differed in social functioning at T2 and in residual change indicating improved social functioning in the recovered group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The absence of a healthy control group at follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the symptomatic improvement and improved social functioning, cognitive functioning does not follow this general recovery trend, at least not in the three-year interval examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. eija.airaksinen@ki.se
authors.forename: Eija
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Airaksinen
authors.forename: Ake
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wahlin
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Forsell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003463:Cues; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D019263:Dysthymic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014706:Verbal Learning