Older adults are less accurate than younger adults at identifying symptoms of anxiety and depression

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 623-626

  Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^a,b   Petkus, Andrew J ^a,c   McChesney, Kathleen ^b   Stein, Murray B ^a   Judd, Patricia H ^a   Rockwell, Enid ^a   Sewell, Daniel D ^a   Patterson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health knowledge; Mental health literacy; Symptom recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949135661     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b0c081     Document Type: Article

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