Depression and social support in late life: A clear but not obvious relationship

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-499

  Blazer, Dan G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLICATION; RISK REDUCTION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27544486328     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860500294266     Document Type: Editorial

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