Psychological disorders and distress in older primary care patients: A comparison of older and younger samples

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 635-643

  Klapow, Joshua ^a   Kroenke, Kurt ^a   Horton, Trudi ^a   Schmidt, Steven ^a   Spitzer, Robert ^a   Williams, Janet B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health status; Primary care; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0036078743     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000021942.35402.C3     Document Type: Article

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