Treating depression in old age: The reasons to be positive

Age and Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-17

  Anderson, D N ^a  

^a Mossley Hill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Old age; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PERPHENAZINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUICIDE;

EID: 0035074375     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/30.1.13     Document Type: Review

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