DSM-IV major depressive episode in the elderly: The relationship between the number and the type of depressive symptoms and impairment

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 55-62

  Anderson, Tracy M ^a,b   Slade, Tim ^c   Andrews, Gavin ^a,b   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,d  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Diagnosis; Elderly; Impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650245364     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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