Psychosocial effects of age-related macular degeneration

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-428

  Berman, K ^a   Brodaty, H ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Blind; Blindness; Depression; Functional impairment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLINDNESS; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LASER COAGULATION; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLINDNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 33746444299     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610205002905     Document Type: Article

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