The high prevalence of depression and dementia in elder abuse or neglect

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-208

  Dyer, Carmel Bitondo ^a,b,c   Pavlik, Valory N ^a   Murphy, Kathleen Pace ^a,b   Hyman, David J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (United States)

^c Quentin Mease Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Depression; Neglect; Older people

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033956730     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03913.x     Document Type: Article

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