Recovery in geriatric depression

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 305-312

  Alexopoulos, George S ^a,d   Meyers, Barnett S ^a   Young, Robert C ^a   Kakuma, Tatsu ^a   Feder, Maria ^b   Einhorn, Adam ^b   Rosendahl, Eileen ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b New York (NY) Hospital   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d The Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029919606     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830040039008     Document Type: Article

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