[Evaluation methods of memory in depression]

The aim of this review is the description of the main modifications of memory of depressive subjects. Cognitive alterations concerning long term and working memory, results of tests dealing with learning items or stories with affective contents. Capacities of depressed subjects on the word completion test (implicit memory) are preserved. In a second part these cognitive particularities will be reviewed in integrative models and these theoretical approaches and their limits will be discussed. Finally, as a general conclusion, difficulties encountered in neuropsychological investigations of depressive subjects will be stressed.