Clinical presentation of mania compared with depression: Data from a geriatric clinic in India

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 764-767

  Prakash, Om ^a   Kumar, Channaveerachari Naveen ^a   Shivakumar, P T ^a   Bharath, Srikala ^a   Varghese, Mathew ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Mania; Retrospective chart; Symptom profile

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; POVERTY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 69549116254     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209009466     Document Type: Article

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