Stress, aging, and mental health

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-298

  O'Hara, Ruth ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; FAMILY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SELF REPORT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 33645796476     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000216710.07227.5c     Document Type: Editorial

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