Why don't physicians consider depression in the elderly? Age-related bias, atypical symptoms, and ineffective screening approaches may be at play

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 57-59

  Stewart, Jonathan T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Bay Pines VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942517563     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2004.06.1539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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