Characterisation of Fundamental Decision Making in People Suffering From a Characterised Depressive Episode

Characterisation of Fundamental Decision Making in People Suffering From a Characterised Depressive Episode

The investigators will include patients suffering from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), in episode. The patients will undertake neuropsychological tasks evaluating executive function and clinical assessment related to depressive symptoms, anxiety, transdiagnostic symptoms and psychological skills.

The investigators will include patients suffering from MDD, in episode. The patients will be evaluated with the MINI-7 interview. Then, the participants will undertake different neuropsychological tasks evaluating executive function: the stroop task, the D2 tasks, the finger tapping test and the mindpulse. The participants will also undertake clinical evaluation the MADRS, the Transdiagnostic Skills Scale, the Symptomatic Transdiagnostic Test, the STAI and the Severity Insomnia Indexes. The investigators will perform correlational analysis between the neuropsychological tasks and the clinical evaluations. The investigators will also compare the predictive power of the different neuropsychological tasks on depressive symptoms.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 18 and 65 years.
• Diagnosis of a depressive episode according to DSM-5 criteria, confirmed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI 7.0 according to DSM-5).
• No evidence of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, confirmed by the MINI.
• No dementing neurological disease.
• No guardianship or trusteeship

Exclusion Criteria:

• Opposition to data processing
• Depressive episode in the context of a known bipolar disorder or schizophrenic illness