Subjective health measures and acute treatment outcomes in geriatric depression

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1149-1155

  Lenze, Eric J ^a,c   Miller, Mark D ^a   Dew, Mary Amanda ^a   Martire, Lynn M ^a   Mulsant, Benoit H ^a,b   Begley, Amy E ^a   Schulz, Richard ^a   Frank, Ellen ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Geriatric depression; Interpersonal psychotherapy; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SELF EVALUATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTRIPTYLINE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035670879     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.503     Document Type: Article

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