Depression in late life: Review and commentary

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-265

  Blazer, Dan G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; AGING; AGITATION; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FALLING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETHARGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER;

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM;

EID: 0037341575     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.3.m249     Document Type: Review

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