Table 1.

Findings of impairment within the cognitive domain of EF in the acute phase of depression.

Aspect of impairment in the acute phase	References
Inhibition	Den Hartog et al. (2003); Markela-Lerenc et al. (2006); Gohier et al. (2009); Hugdahl et al. (2009)
Problem solving and planning	Naismith et al. (2003)
Mental flexibility	Naismith et al. (2003); Airaksinen et al. (2004)
Verbal fluency	Reischies and Neu (2000); Ravnkilde et al. (2002)
Decision making	Chamberlain and Sahakian (2006)
Working memory	Egeland et al. (2003b); Naismith et al. (2003); Rose and Ebmeier (2006); Taylor Tavares et al. (2007)