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Psychological testing in depressive illness 1. Psychomotor performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

J. Gill  and
D. J. De L. Horne
J. Gill
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
D. J. De L. Horne*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
*
1Address for reprints and correspondence: D. J. de L. Horne, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
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Sysnopsis

This paper presents findings from a controlled investigation of psychomotor performance in depression and mania to test Court's (1968) continuum model. This model proposes that, unlike the common bipolar view of depression and mania, there is a continuum ranging from normal, through depression, to mania. Simple reaction time measures did not confirm this hypothesis. However, results of more complex psychomotor performance did provide some confirmation, and, also, provided evidence of a ‘central processing’ deficit in both manic and depressed subjects.

Type
Preliminary Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1974 , pp. 470 - 473
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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