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Is Childhood Depression Associated With Cognitive Or Academic Impairment
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Is Childhood Depression Associated With Cognitive Or Academic Impairment

R. McGee and S.M. Williams
Human information processing: measures, mechanisms, and models - Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Psychology: Clinical and Abnormal Psychology
24th International Congress of Psychology: Clinical and Abnormal Psychology, Sydney, Australia, 1988
1989
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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/15835
Appears in  The Dunedin Study

Abstract

academic achievement cognitive function comorbidity depression DSM-III disorder(s) education intelligence IQ mental health mental health disorders
This study examined the literature and data from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study on the association between depression and cognitive or academic impairment. The paper concluded there was no strong association between depression and cognitive impairment but that associations found were mainly due to the overlap between depression and other disorders.

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