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Executive function impairments up suicide risk in depressed adults

Liz Scherer   |   Clinical Summary   |   15 May 2023
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Key finding

Spanish researchers have found that impaired risk-taking and cognitive inhibition appear to increase suicide risk in adult patients with depression, and they are maintained over the long term, according to study findings published online in the journal Psychiatry Research .

Implications

Although more research is needed, clinicians might ...

          

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