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Unhappiness, health and cognitive ability in old age.
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BACKGROUND: To test whether scores on depression inventories on entry to a longitudinal study predict mental ability over the next 4-16 years. METHOD: Associations between scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and on tests of intelligence, vocabulary and memory were analysed in 5070 volunteers aged 49-93 years after differences in prescribed drug consumption, death and drop-out, sex, socio-economic advantage and recruitment cohort effects had also been considered. RESULTS: On all cognitive ...
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- 10.1017/s0033291707002139
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- Journal:
- Psychological medicine
- Volume:
- 38
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 229-236
- Publication date:
- 2008-02-05
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1469-8978
- ISSN:
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0033-2917
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uuid:d7df8205-2224-41c2-9d9c-5219123f5356
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25293
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- pubs:25293
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