Withdrawal, apathy and lack of vigor in late life depression: Factorial validity and relationship to diagnosis

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 532-537

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Chan, Alfred C M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; ROC CURVE; SYMPTOM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 34548823279     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860601086447     Document Type: Article

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