Cognitive impairment and social distress as different pathways to depression in the elderly: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 995-1000

  Cervilla, Jorge A ^a,b   Prince, Martin J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Depression; Elderly; Epidemiology; Life events; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030702864     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199710)12:10<995::AID-GPS673>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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