Primary care physician office visits for depression by older Americans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 926-930

  Harman, Jeffrey S ^a   Veazie, Peter J ^b   Lyness, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Depression; Elderly; Office visits; Physician specialty

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; ISOCARBOXAZID; MAPROTILINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRAZODONE; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746546165     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02743139     Document Type: Article

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