Cognitive Deficits in Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder, Depressed Type: Prevalence and Improvement With Treatment of Depressive Symptoms

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Patients with illnesses that impair cognitive functioning including: vascular dementia, and neurological illnesses including Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's Disease.
• •2. The following DSM-IV diagnoses: schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, organic mental disorder, substance use disorders including alcohol, active within the past 6 months, acute bereavement, and psychotic disorder not elsewhere classified.
• •3. Pregnant women