Author(s)

Gonçalves Eduardo¹, Moniz Marco², Pertega-Gomes Alexandre¹

¹Psychiatry at Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
²Clinical Psychology at Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.

In the presented short clinical case of depression, the constructs of Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) of loss (negative valence systems) and cognitive control (cognitive systems) have been operationalized. It has been concluded that a normal cognitive control of emotion, requiring the functional and structural integrity of prefrontal cortex (PFC) and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), is lacking in depression, but its amelioration can be achieved through the implementation of cognitive remediation/rehabilitation programs. A mini-review on neural and cognitive markers and regulation of emotion in depression is previously presented.

Executive Function, Cognitive Control of Emotion, Loss, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC), Orbitofrontal Cortex (OFC), Neural and Cognitive Markers in Depression, Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)

Eduardo, G. , Marco, M. and Alexandre, P. (2017) Neural and Cognitive Markers and Regulation of Emotion in Depression: A Mini-Review and a Short Case Report. Open Journal of Psychiatry, 7, 365-373. doi: 10.4236/ojpsych.2017.74030.