Depression in the elderly: Could you be missing the signs?

Consultant

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 566-573

  McElhaney, Janet E ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; NORTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGING; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BEREAVEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INSOMNIA; MENTAL DISEASE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATIZATION; STOMACH DISEASE; VERTIGO; VIVID DREAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0037394373     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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