Psychiatric disorders in older women

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-279

  Lehmann, Susan W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEREAVEMENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042122543     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954026031000136884     Document Type: Review

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