Psychosocial stressors, physical illness and the spectrum of depression in elderly inpatients

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 567-572

  Draper, Brian ^a   Anstey, Kaarin ^b  

^a PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0029827354     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609062651     Document Type: Article

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