The limits of history-taking in geriatric depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-125

  Wiener, Pauline ^a   Alexopoulos, George S ^a   Kakuma, Tatsuyki ^a   Meyers, Barnett S ^a   Rosenthal, Eileen ^a   Chester, Janis ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030948607     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199721520-00004     Document Type: Article

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