Dementia and depression among nursing home redisents in Lebanon: A pilot study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-285

  Chahine, L M ^a   Bijlsma, A ^b   Hospers, A P N ^b   Chemali, Zel ^a,c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Lebonon; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34247641677     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1663     Document Type: Article

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