Psychotic (delusional) major depression in late life: A clinical study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1085-1091

  Gournellis, Rossetos ^a   Lykouras, Lefteris ^a   Fortos, Andreas ^b   Oulis, Panagiotis ^a   Roumbos, Vassilis ^a   Christodoulou, George N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Dromocaition Mental Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Delusions; Depression; Elderly; Psychotic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035187447     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.483     Document Type: Article

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