Comorbid depression in dementia on psychogeriatric nursing home wards: Which symptoms are prominent?

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 565-573

  Verkaik, Renate ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a   Van Meijel, Berno ^b   Ribbe, Miel W ^c   Bensing, Jozien M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Depressive symptoms; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOGERIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 68049105380     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31819a806f     Document Type: Article

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