Somatic symptoms of depression in elderly patients with medical comorbidities

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 973-982

  Drayer, Rebecca A ^a,b   Mulsant, Benoit H ^a,b   Lenze, Eric J ^a,b   Rollman, Bruce L ^a   Dew, Mary Amanda ^a,b,c   Kelleher, Kelly ^d   Karp, Jordan F ^a,b   Begley, Amy ^a,b   Schulberg, Herbert C ^e   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Geriatrics; Medical comorbidities; Primary care; Rating scales; Somatization

Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 30344466945     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1389     Document Type: Article

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