Late-life depression and mortality: Influence of gender and antidepressant use

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-18

  Ryan, Joanne ^a   Carriere, Isabelle ^a   Ritchie, Karen ^a   Stewart, Robert ^a,b   Toulemonde, Gwladys ^a   Dartigues, Jean François ^c   Tzourio, Christophe ^d   Ancelin, Marie Laure ^a,e  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e Montpellier 1 University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38749128788     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.039164     Document Type: Article

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