Hanne Nissen Bjørnsen, Gunnar Bjørnebekk, Christian Brandmo
Schools as a Source of Mental Health Literacy: Adjusting and Validating a Mental Health Literacy Scale
Health promotion practice
multidisciplinary clinicalpsychologicalneurophysiological study performed 28 depressive patients females aged 1856 50 healthy volunteers females aged 1855 order analyze relationships impairments neurocognitive mechanisms decisionmaking based logics considerations emotional experience emotional learning uncertain situation clinical neurophysiological signs depression severity depression assessed quantitatively using hamiltons depression rating scale hdrs17 tests 10 words wisconsin card sorting test wcst iowa gambling task igt used quantitative assessment cognitive functions multichannel resting eeg recorded depressive patients order assess brain functional state neurocognitive deficit observed patients pronounce correlated positively severity depression ability make decisions based logic considerations wcst associated eeg signs hypofrontality emotional learning igt impaired depressive patients reduced ability make rational decisions based logics considerations resulttd compensatory shift towards decisionmaking based emotions led relatively higher results emotional learning data suggests hypofrontality causes difficulties making decisions requires logical reasoning disinhibition subcortical including hippocampal brain structures activation provides better results emotional learning