Correlates of symptomatic, minor and major depression in the elderly

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-95

  Van Den Berg, Marjan D ^a   Oldehinkel, Albertine J ^a   Brilman, Els I ^b   Bouhuys, Antoinette L ^a   Ormel, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Northern Centre of Health Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Major depression; Minor depression; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033857719     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(99)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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