Prevalence of depression in older patients consulting their general practitioner in The Netherlands

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1013-1019

  Licht Strunk, Els ^a   van der Kooij, Koen G ^a   van Schaik, Digna J F ^a   van Marwijk, Harm W J ^a   van Hout, Hein P J ^a   de Haan, Marten ^a   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Family practice; General practice; Older; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 28444483288     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1391     Document Type: Article

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