%0 Journal Article %T Executive functions and impulsivity in suicide attempter adolescents with major depressive disorder %A Aynur Pekcanlar Akay %A Ay£¿eg¨¹l Ild£¿z %A Ay£¿eg¨¹l £¿zerdem %A Berrin Kaptanc£¿k Bilgi£¿ %A Burak Baykara %A Ceren H£¿d£¿ro£¿lu Ongun %A Gonca £¿zyurt %A Merve Onat %A Neslihan £¿nal Emiro£¿lu %A Yusuf £¿zt¨¹rk %A ¨¹mit £¿ahin %J Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology %D 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.1080/24750573.2018.1541647 %X ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between executive functions and suicidality in terms of impulsivity and depression severity. METHODS: Depressed adolescents who have made a suicide attempt in the last year (n£¿=£¿32), depressed adolescents without a suicide attempt (n£¿=£¿30), and healthy controls (n£¿=£¿30) participated in the study in Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Clinical diagnoses were made according to the DSM-IV by applying Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL). Data were collected by using a sociodemographic data form, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and the Children¡¯s Depression Rating Scale ¨C Revised (CDRS-R). To evaluate all participants¡¯ intelligence scores, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R) was applied for adolescents aged under 16 years, and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) was applied to adolescents aged 16¨C18 years. To determine the performance-based executive functions, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Stroop Test were applied to all participants. RESULTS: In this study, the participants who had made a suicide attempt displayed lower performance in the Stroop Test, especially in part 1 and part 4 compared with the controls (p£¿=£¿.04 and p£¿=£¿.011). Depressive patients also exhibited lower performance in the Stroop Test in part 3 compared with the controls (p£¿=£¿.049). Impulsivity was found more severe in depressive patients compared with controls (p£¿<£¿.001). There were no statistically significant differences between depressive patients with or without suicide attempt in terms of depression severity. CONCLUSION: Executive dysfunction appears to be associated with suicidal behaviour in adolescents with the major depressive disorder. This findings need to be replicated with a larger sample size in the future %U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24750573.2018.1541647