Age and gender in the phenomenology of depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 589-596

  Brodaty, Henry ^a,b,c   Cullen, Breda ^a   Thompson, Claire ^a   Mitchell, Philip ^b,c   Parker, Gordon ^b,c   Wilhelm, Kay ^b,c   Austin, Marie Paule ^b,c   Malhi, Gin ^b,c  

^a Dept for Old Age Psychiatry ^*  (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 32944464585     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200507000-00007     Document Type: Article

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