Executive Function Predicts Antidepressant Treatment Noncompletion in Late-Life Depression.

CONCLUSIONS: Poorer EF predicted treatment noncompletion. These findings suggest that EFs of initiation and set maintenance (examined by the semantic fluency task) may allow depressed elderly individuals to engage and stay in treatment. Identification of those at risk for noncompletion may help implementation strategies for personalized care. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00892047. PMID: 29659205 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: J Clin Psychiatry Source Type: research