Prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly primary care patients: A descriptive study

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 462-468

  Magnil, Maria ^a   Gunnarsson, Ronny ^a   Björkstedt, Karin ^a   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Department of Primary Health Care ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 58149151373     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.v10n0607     Document Type: Article

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