Comparing depression diagnostic symptoms across younger and older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 800-806

  Balsis, Steve ^a   Cully, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; DSM; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANHEDONIA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GUILT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56749185219     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802428000     Document Type: Article

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