Prevalence and predictors of depression in populations of elderly: A review

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 372-387

  Djernes, J K ^a,b  

^a Psychiatric Hospital   (Denmark)

^b Psykiatrien I Nordjyllands Amt   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aged; Community; Depression; Epidemiology; Predictors; Prevalence; Residential facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645451779     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00770.x     Document Type: Review

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