Major depression in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults: Prevalence and 2- and 4-year follow-up symptoms

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 623-634

  Mojtabai, Ramin ^a,b   Olfson, Mark ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942601324     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703001764     Document Type: Article

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