Self-evaluation and objective assessment of cognition in major depression and attention deficit disorder: Implications for clinical practice

One of the major challenges associated with the assessment of cognitive functioning in psychiatric populations is the choice of an evaluation tool. Access to cognitive assessment is often limited by issues of expense and by the lengthiness of the testing procedure. As a result, an interest emerged in the development of self-administered questionnaires to assess an individual's perception of their own cognitive functioning. These questionnaires could be more easily used for screening as part of a routine psychiatric consultation.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - June 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: St éphane Potvin, Genevieve Charbonneau, Robert-Paul Juster, Scot Purdon, Smadar Valérie Tourjman Source Type: research