Geriatric depression: A challenge for the 21st century

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-175

  Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N ^a,b   Kaprinis, Stergios G ^a   St Kaprinis, George ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Late life depression; Psychogeriatrics; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDITORIAL; EXPERIENCE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 4544348619     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327381     Document Type: Editorial

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