The epidemiology of affective disorders in the elderly: A review

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 7, 1997, Pages

  Palsson, Sigurdur ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Comorbidity; Depression; Elderly; Epidemiological methods; Prevalence; Psychotropic drugs; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; AGING; BEREAVEMENT; CHRONICITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONELINESS; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031450167     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-199705002-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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