Successful coping, adaptation and resilience in the elderly: An interpretation of epidemiologic data

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-219

  Foster, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0030791648     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025432106406     Document Type: Review

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