The ACTIVE cognitive training interventions and the onset of and recovery from suspected clinical depression

Publication:  Journals of Gerontology
Lab/University:  Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Posit Science
Author:  Wolinsky FD, Mahncke HW, Vander Weg MW, Martin R, Unverzagt FW, Ball KK, Jones RN, Tennstedt SL.
 
Summary: 

This study examined the effects of cognitive training on 1606 people without suspected clinical depression at baseline. Only the Posit Science program intervention group had a significant effect on depression, with its participants being 38% less likely to develop suspected clinical depression at a 1 year follow-up.

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