Misplacing empathy and misdiagnosing depression: How to differentiate among depression's many faces

Geriatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 39-41

  Grossman, Hillel ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMPATHY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 1842529446     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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