Adjustment disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depressive disorders in old age: findings from a community survey

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Maercker, Andreas ^a   Forstmeier, Simon ^a   Enzler, Anuschka ^a   Krüsi, Gabriela ^a   Hörler, Edith ^a   Maier, Christine ^a   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 38549116574     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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