Early-onset and late-onset depression in older adults: Psychological perspectives

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-159

  Boyd, Jemma ^a   McKiernan, Fionnuala ^a   Waller, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0033908032     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259800000265     Document Type: Review

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