Relationship of age and education with anxiety, depression, and hopelessness in a South African community sample

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 881-884

  Pillay, Anthony L ^a   Sargent, Carol Ann ^b  

^a Midlands Hospital   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033256464     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.3.881     Document Type: Article

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