Correlates of unrecognized depression among hospitalized geriatric patients

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 160-167

  Pepersack, Thierry ^a   De Breucker, Sandra ^a   Mekongo, Yves Patrick Nkodo ^a   Rogiers, Anne ^b   Beyer, Ingo ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Depression; Diagnosis; Elderly; Geriatric depression scale

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROKINETIC AGENT; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SULFONYLUREA; THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33747868967     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00131746-200605000-00005     Document Type: Article

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