Depression without sadness: Alternative presentations of depression in late life

American Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 820-826

  Gallo, Joseph J ^a   Rabins, Peter V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; NORTRIPTYLINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0033198690     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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