Depressive symptoms and depressive episodes in recently widowed older men

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-74

  Byrne, Gerard J A ^a,b   Raphael, Beverley ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0032906322     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610299005591     Document Type: Article

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