Treatment and course of geriatric depression: Questions raised by an evolving clinical science

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 497-502

  Meyers, Barnett S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; MORTALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

EID: 0036733758     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200209000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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