The prevalence of psychiatric disorders and subsyndromal mental illness in low-income, medically ill elderly

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-24

  Arean P A ^a   Alvidrez, J ^a  

^a UCSF Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; Anxiety; Depression; Late life; Minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034881194     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/YGL6-N54R-08RW-1BF4     Document Type: Article

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