Depressive Disorders in Old Age

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-44

  Khandelwal, S K ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Aetiology of depression; Depressive disorder; Old age; Prevalence of depression; Treatment modalities

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LONG TERM CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; LONG-TERM CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0042833052     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. National Sample Survey Organisation - Socio-economic and Health Characteristics of the Aged Persons : report of 42nd Round. New Delhi: Government of India, 1987.
2. Murphy E, Smith R, Lindesay J, Slattery J - Increased mortality rates in late-life depression. Br J Psychiatry 1988; 152: 347-53.
3. American Psychiatric Association - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1994.