Symptoms of depression and anxiety predict mortality in elderly veterans enrolled in the UPBEAT program

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-184

  Lavretsky, H ^a   Mistry, R ^b   Bastani, R ^a   Gould, R ^a   Gokhman, I ^a   Huang, D ^a   Maxwell, A ^a   McDermott, C ^b   Rosansky, J ^b   Jarvik, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER SCALE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH INDEX ANXIETY SUBSCALE; MENTAL HEALTH INDEX DEPRESSION SUBSCALE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERANS;

EID: 0037328706     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.706     Document Type: Article

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