Profile of psychiatric disorders and life events in medically ill elderly: Experiences from geriatric clinic in Northern India

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1101-1105

  Prakash, Om ^a   Gupta, L N ^b   Singh, V B ^b   Singhal, A K ^b   Verma, K K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Elderly; Life events; Mental disorders; Physical illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36248930392     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1793     Document Type: Article

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