Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 452-459 , November 2004

Attentional disturbances in patients with unipolar psychotic depression: A selective and sustained attention study

  • Antonis Politis

      Affiliations

    • Athens University Medical School Department of Psychiatry “Eginition” Hospital and Department of General Hospital Psychiatry, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Lefteris Lykouras

      Affiliations

    • Athens University Medical School Department of Psychiatry “Eginition” Hospital and Department of General Hospital Psychiatry, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Lefteris Lykouras, M.D., Department of General Hospital Psychiatry, “Attikon” Hospital, 1, Rimini st, Athens 12462, Greece
    • ,
  • Polyxeni Mourtzouchou

      Affiliations

    • Athens University Medical School Department of Psychiatry “Eginition” Hospital and Department of General Hospital Psychiatry, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • George N. Christodoulou

      Affiliations

    • Athens University Medical School Department of Psychiatry “Eginition” Hospital and Department of General Hospital Psychiatry, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.007

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 452-459 , November 2004

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