Is depression in old age fatal only when people feel lonely?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 178-180

  Stek, Max L ^a   Vinkers, David J ^b   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^b   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^b   Van Der Mast, Roos C ^b   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FATALITY; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL TEST; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11844288906     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.1.178     Document Type: Article

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