Association of life events and psychosocal factors with early but not late onset depression in the elderly: Implications for possible differences in aetiology

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 473-478

  Grace, Janet ^a   O'Brien, John T ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Depression; Elderly; Late onset depression; Life events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; EXTRAVERSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSIS; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037493756     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.856     Document Type: Article

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