title: [Autobiographical memory of depressed patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the autobiographical memory characteristics in depressed patients and their influence factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Autobiographical memory, emotion and cognitive executive function of 60 depressed patients and 60 healthy controls were assessed with autobiographical memory test (AMT), Hamilton depression scale (HAMD), Beck depression inventory (BDI), Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), hospital anxiety and depression scale (HAD), arrow-task stroop test (ATST), Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST), Backward masking test (BMT) and continuous performance test (CPT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The specific memory of the depressed group was significantly less than that of the control group, and was negatively related with the negative emotion score, the time of anterograde and retrograde reading of ATST, and the time difference of ATST. The overgeneral memory increased and the latency to response of ATST was significantly longer than that of the control group. The two factors were positively related with the negative emotion score, the time of anterograde and retrograde reading of ATST, and the time difference of ATST.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The autobiographical memory of the depressed patients is overgeneralized and retarded. These characteristics are related with negative emotion and impairment of cognitive executive function.
authors.affiliation: Medical Psychological Research Center, Xiangya Second Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China. shuqiaoyao@163.com
authors.forename: Shuqiao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Xianhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Weifeng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wenhui
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Furong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D055815:Young Adult