Myths and realities of aging

Care Management Journals

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-150

  Salzman, Brooke ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agcism; Aging; Depression; Elderly; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ASTROGLIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ESTROGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LUBRICATING AGENT; MELATONIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; THYROID HORMONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGEISM; AGING; AGITATION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSPAREUNIA; ELDERLY CARE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FALLING; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INSOMNIA; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOMNOLENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE RETENTION; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751375154     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmj-v7i3a006     Document Type: Article

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