Older women's experiences of depression: A hermeneutic phenomenological study

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 865-873

  Allan, J ^a   Dixon, A ^a  

^a OTAGO POLYTECHNIC   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Depression; Phenomenology; Therapeutic relationships; Women's mental health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70449360715     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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