Editorial: The mind-body conundrum: The somatopsychic perspective in geriatric depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 378-381

  Lu, Brett Y ^a   Ahmed, Iqbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 77951692623     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181d749c2     Document Type: Editorial

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