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Never-depressed females with a family history of depression demonstrate affective bias.
Psychiatry research - 30 Jan 2013
van Oostrom Iris, Franke Barbara, Arias Vasquez Alejandro, Rinck Mike, Tendolkar Indira, Verhagen Maaike, van der Meij Annemarie, Buitelaar Jan K, Janzing Joost G E
Abstract excerpt
According to cognitive theories of depression, individuals susceptible to depression attend selectively to negative information. The purpose of the study was to examine if such an affective processing bias is present in never-depressed individuals with a family history of major depressive disorder (MDD). Formerly depressed female patients having at least one first-degree relative with a history of MDD (n=23),...
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