The importance of subsyndromal depression in older primary care patients: Prevalence and associated functional disability

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 647-652

  Lyness, Jeffrey M ^a,b   King, Deborah A ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a   Yoediono, Z ^a   Caine, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Primary care; Subsyndromal depression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0033058315     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01584.x     Document Type: Article

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