Depression in Holocaust survivors: Profile and treatment outcome in a geriatric day hospital program

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 331-337

  Conn, David K ^a,b   Clarke, Diana ^a   Van Reekum, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Day hospital; Depression; Elderly; Holocaust; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; DAY CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034067766     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200004)15:4<331::AID-GPS118>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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