Psychiatric morbidity in the aged

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 106, Issue OCT., 1997, Pages 361-369

  Venkoba Rao, A ^a,b  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b TILAK   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Charles bonnet syndrome; Delusional disorder; Dementia; Depression; Depressive pseudo dementia; Dysthymia; Late onset schizophrenia; Mental morbidity; Suicide; Vascular depression

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HALLUCINOSIS; HUMAN; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; THALAMUS;

AGED; AGING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030705154     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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