Social support in elderly patients with bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-27

  Beyer, John L ^a   Kuchibhatla, Maragatha ^a   Looney, Chris ^a   Engstrom, Elena ^a   Cassidy, Frederick ^a   Ranga, K ^a   Krishnan, R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Bipolar disorder; Elderly; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0038783065     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.2003.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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