Depression predicts procedural but not episodic memory in HIV-1 infection.

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Depression predicts procedural but not episodic memory in HIV-1 infection.

J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1998 Aug;20(4):529-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/99107074
Kalechstein AD; Hinkin CH; van Gorp WG; Castellon SA; Satz P; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University; of California Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute and; Hospital, USA. adk@ucla.edu

Abstract: Forty-three homosexual/bisexual males with HIV-1 infection participated in a study that sought to determine: (1) whether increased levels of self-reported depressive symptomatology were associated with poorer performance on episodic or procedural memory tasks, (2) the relative strength of association between the affective/cognitive or somatic symptoms of depression and memory deficits and level of immunosuppression, and (3) whether increased depression or neuropsychological deficits are associated with degree of immunosuppression. Linear regression analyses revealed that increased affective/cognitive symptomatology was correlated with poorer performance on a procedural memory task, but was not correlated with performance on an episodic memory task or degree of immunosuppression. In contrast, somatic symptoms showed the strongest association with level of immunosuppression, but were not correlated with performance on the memory tasks. These findings underscore the complex interplay between neuropsychiatric and neuropsychological symptomatology in HIV-1 infection.

Keywords: CLINICAL TRIAL JOURNAL ARTICLE Adult Age Factors Cognition/PHYSIOLOGY CD4 Lymphocyte Count Depression/COMPLICATIONS/*PSYCHOLOGY Education Human HIV Infections/COMPLICATIONS/IMMUNOLOGY/*PSYCHOLOGY Male Memory Disorders/ETIOLOGY/*PSYCHOLOGY Neuropsychological Tests Psychomotor Performance/PHYSIOLOGY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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