The prognosis of undetected depression in older general practice patients. A one year follow-up study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 310-315

  Licht Strunk, Els ^a   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a   de Haan, Marten ^a   van Marwijk, Harm W J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; General practice; Prognosis; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REMISSION; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 59649112852     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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