Early loss of mother or father predicts depression in old age

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 527-530

  Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a,b   Luukinen, Heikki ^a,b   Koski, Keijo ^a,b   Viramo, Petteri ^a,b   Pahkala, Kimmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Depressive disorder; Predictors; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FATHER; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; DEATH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031713798     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199808)13:8<527::AID-GPS814>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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