Depressive symptoms in late life: Associations with apathy, resilience and disability vary between young-old and old-old

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-243

  Mehta, Mona ^a   Whyte, Ellen ^a   Lenze, Eric ^a   Hardy, Susan ^a   Roumani, Yazan ^a   Subashan, Perera ^a   Huang, Wennie ^a   Studenski, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Apathy; Depression; Disability; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LETHARGY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 40949110150     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1868     Document Type: Article

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