Psychiatric comorbidity and depression in older adults

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Gum, Amber M ^a   Cheavens, Jennifer S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LORAZEPAM; NALTREXONE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 39449090690     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-008-0006-5     Document Type: Review

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