Influence of residual symptoms on cognitive functions of patients with recurrent depression in remission

Residual depressive symptoms, as well as cognitive deficiency, were considered as the main predictors of relapse, social maladaptation, and disability. The separation of remission into a complete and incomplete one occurred relatively recently, which explained the lack of data on cognitive functioning and residual symptoms in incomplete remission. Objective of the work was to find a relationship between residual symptoms and cognitive function in incomplete remission of recurrent depression. Results. We examined 37 patients who met the criteria for remission according to the ICD-10 and incomplete remission on the Montgomery-Asberg scale (MADRS) to assess depression (