"Failure to thrive" in elderly depressed patients: A new concept or a different name for an old problem?

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 108-114

  Schreiber, Shaul ^a   Lerer, Bernard ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0030633907     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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