Time experience and time judgment in major depression, mania and healthy subjects. A controlled study of 93 subjects
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Abstract
Objective: Studies on the time sense of depressed patients have revealed inconsistent results. Manic patients have been almost neglected. Method: Patients with a major depressive episode (n = 32), or a manic episode (n = 30) (both Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV, Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview-confirmed), and 31 healthy controls were included. The subjective time experience was assessed by a visual analog scale (VAS), the objectively measurable time judgment abilities by the Chronotest, a computer program developed for this study, consisting of time estimation and time production tasks. Results: Controls reported a balanced, manic patients an enhanced, and depressive patients a slowed experience of time flow in the VAS (P < 0.001). In the time judgment tasks, however, both depressed and manic patients showed time overestimation for the longer time spans (P < 0.008). Conclusion: This largest study on time sense in manic patients confirmed results of a divergent alteration of time experience in depressive and in manic patients but revealed an uniform time overestimation by both patient groups in time judgment tasks.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 222-229 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica |
Volume | 109 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2004 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 14984395 |
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ORCID | /0000-0001-9976-6601/work/157319340 |
ORCID | /0000-0002-2666-859X/work/157318745 |
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Keywords
- Affective disorder, Depression, Mania, Retardation, Time