Profile of mental disorders among the elderly Unite Arab Emirates population: Sociodemographic correlates

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 344-351

  Ghubash, Rafia ^a,b   El Rufaie, Omer ^a   Zoubeidi, Taofik ^a   Al Shboul, Qasim M ^b   Sabri, Sufyan M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

AGECAT; Geriatric mental state interview (GMS A3); Mental disorders; Old age; United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; DUBAI; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEPARATION ANXIETY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 1842688813     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1101     Document Type: Article

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