Modelling complex pathways between late-life depression and disability: Evidence for mediating and moderating factors

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1587-1590

  Carriere I ^a,b   Villebrun, D ^a   Peres K ^a   Stewart, R ^c,d   Ritchie, K ^a   Ancelin, M L ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Disability evaluation; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70449623184     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709005273     Document Type: Review

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