Comorbid anxiety disorder in late life depression: Association with memory decline over four years

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 848-854

  DeLuca, Alison K ^a   Lenze, Eric J ^a,d   Mulsant, Benoit H ^a,b   Butters, Meryl A ^a   Karp, Jordan F ^a   Dew, Mary Amanda ^a,c   Pollock, Bruce G ^a   Shear, M Katherine ^a   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depression; Geriatrics; Neuropsychological testing

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PANIC; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 25444435943     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1366     Document Type: Article

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