Prevalence of depressive symptoms and syndromes in later life in ten European countries: The SHARE study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue NOV., 2007, Pages 393-401

  Castro Costa, Erico ^a,b,k   Dewey, Michael ^a   Stewart, Robert ^a   Banerjee, Sube ^a   Huppert, Felicia ^c   Mendonca Lima, Carlos ^d   Bula, Christophe ^e   Reisches, Friedel ^f   Wancata, Johannes ^g   Ritchie, Karen ^h   Tsolaki, Magda ⁱ   Mateos, Raimundo ^j   Prince, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h INSERM   (France)

ⁱ ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^k Section of Epidemiology   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 35948942686     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.036772     Document Type: Article

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