Mar 20, 2019
In this episode, we discuss depression-related cognitive impairment with Dr. Roger McIntyre. Learn about the difference between hot and cold cognition, along with how to identify depression-associated cognitive symptoms that could alter the effectiveness of the very treatment approaches used for depression. Learn more about the relationship between bouts of depression and cognitive impairment and how to address this in your practice.
Dr. Roger McIntyre is a Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto and Head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. Dr. McIntyre is also Executive Director of the Brain and Cognition Discovery Foundation in Toronto, Canada. Dr. McIntyre is also Director for the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Dr. McIntyre is also Professor and Nanshan Scholar at Guangzhou Medical University, and Adjunct Professor College of Medicine at Korea University. Dr. McIntyre was named by Clarivate Analytics/Thomson Reuters in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”. This distinction is given by publishing the largest number of articles that rank among those most frequently cited by researchers globally in 21 broad fields of science and social science during the previous decade.