Journal article
Cognitive functioning in chronic fatigue syndrome and depression: a preliminary comparison
Psychosomatic medicine, Vol.56(5), pp.383-388
09/1994
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107238
PMID: 7809336
Abstract
This study used a brief battery of neuropsychological measures to examine the performance of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (N = 16) and patients in a major depressive episode (N = 23). The overall neuropsychological performance of the CFS group was not significantly different from depressed patients, and both groups scored within normal limits on most measures. Variability of neuropsychologic performance was in general unrelated to level of depressive symptoms. The results are discussed in terms of the validity of the cognitive criterion for the CFS diagnosis. Subjective complaints of cognitive dysfunction by CFS patients in light of the lack of objective evidence for the same are considered in terms of a somatic vigilance hypothesis.
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- Title
- Cognitive functioning in chronic fatigue syndrome and depression: a preliminary comparison
- Creators
- K B Schmaling - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98105J D DiClementiC M CullumJ F Jones
- Publication Details
- Psychosomatic medicine, Vol.56(5), pp.383-388
- Academic Unit
- Medical Education and Clinical Science, Department of; Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- U01-AI32244 / NIAID NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900546756701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article