Are they depressed or just old? A study of perceptions about the elderly suffering from depression

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-42

  Ruppel, Susan E ^a   Jenkins, William J ^b   Griffin, Jan L ^a   Kizer, Judy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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