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Executive dysfunction predicts nonresponse to fluoxetine in major depression
Abstract
Background Functional brain imaging studies of major depression have consistently revealed hypometabolism or hypoperfusion in specific regions of the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia. Studies of cognitive functioning in major depression have suggested that some but not all subjects exhibit cognitive deficits that are consistent with frontal-subcortical dysfunction, although the reasons for this heterogeneity are unclear. In this study, we explored this heterogeneity among depressed subjects by examining the relationship between cognitive functioning and treatment outcome.Method Subjects with major depression were administered a complete neuropsychological test battery prior to treatment with fluoxetine.Results There were no significant differences between responders and nonresponders to fluoxetine in terms of age, educational achievement, number of past episodes of depression, and estimated premorbid IQ. However, nonresponders performed significantly worse than responders on several pretreatment measures of executive functioning, after controlling for baseline group differences in depression severity.Limitations The results are based on a small sample of primarily female subjects, resulting in low statistical power and less generalizability to samples of male subjects with depression.Conclusions The findings suggest that subtle prefrontal dysfunction in subjects with major depression may be predictive of poor response with particular medications. Assessment of the executive functions may play a particular role in pretreatment identification of subjects likely to respond to specific medications.
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“Critically, poor cognitive functioning is thought to contribute to the development and maintenance of these disorders, where, for example, executive dysfunction impacts negatively on response to pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for psychiatric disorders including mood disorders and PTSD (Dunkin et al., 2000;Polak”
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“Furthermore, some pilot studies show that cognitive deficits in MDD patients may predict non-response to treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or dual serotonergic-noradrenergic reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), indicating that poor performance in selected cognitive domains may define a patient subgroup that requires complex or additional treatment [21–23].”
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- Authors
- Dunkin, J. J., Leuchter, A. F., Cook, I. A., Kasl-Godley, J. E., Abrams, M., & Rosenberg-Thompson, S.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dunkin, Jennifer J
- Venue
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2000-10
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 13-23
- ISSN
- 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2047261130
- Cited by
- 221
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01mh040705-13)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH40705)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Treatment of Major Depression
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- major depressive disorder, executive dysfunction, fluoxetine, treatment non-response, cognitive impairment, prefrontal cortex, treatment outcome prediction, neuropsychological assessment, antidepressant response
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cognition Disorders, Major Depressive Disorder, Double-Blind Method, Female, Fluoxetine, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Predictive Value of Tests, Severity of Illness Index, Single-Blind Method, Treatment Failure, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Prefrontal Cortex
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