Three-year prognosis of depression in the community-dwelling elderly

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 176, Issue MAY, 2000, Pages 453-457

  Denihan, Aisling ^a   Kirby, Michael ^b   Bruce, Irene ^a   Cunningham, Conal ^a   Coakley, Davis ^a   Lawlor, Brian A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Child and Family Centre Dublin   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034099979     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.5.453     Document Type: Article

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