Psychotic late-life depression: A 376-case study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-332

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; ONSET AGE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0032830976     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610299005888     Document Type: Article

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