Late onset dysthymic disorder and major depression differ from early onset dysthymic disorder and major depression in elderly outpatients

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-267

  Devanand, D P ^a,b   Adorno, Elizabeth ^a   Cheng, Jocelyn ^a   Burt, Tal ^a   Pelton, Gregory H ^a   Roose, Steven P ^a   Sackeim, Harold A ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cardiovascular; Dysthymia; Elderly; Family history; Major depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842265767     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00307-5     Document Type: Article

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