Symptoms of depression in older home-care patients: Patient and informant reports

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 507-518

  McAvay, Gail J ^a,c   Raue, Patrick J ^b   Brown, Ellen L ^b   Bruce, Martha L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Home care patients; Informants

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 27644434393     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.20.3.507     Document Type: Article

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