Comorbid depression and anxiety in later life: Patterns of association, subjective well-being, and impairment

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-208

  Cairney, John ^a,b   Coma, Laurie M ^a   Veldhuizen, Scott ^a   Herrmann, Nathan ^a   Streiner, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety and depression; Impairment; Older adults; Psychiatric comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PANIC; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WELLBEING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 44649101387     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000300627.93523.c8     Document Type: Article

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