The influence of somatic symptoms on the performance of elders in the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-123

  Trentini, Clarissa Marceli ^a,e   De Freitas Xavier, Flávio Merino ^b   Chachamovich, Eduardo ^a   Sica Da Rocha, Neusa ^a   Hirakata, Vânia N ^c,d   De Almeida Fleck, Marcelo Pio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Universidade do Extreme Sul Catarinense

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d Clinics Hospital of Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^e Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD;

EID: 22344448648     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462005000200009     Document Type: Article

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