Successful aging: Focus on cognitive and emotional health

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 527-550

  Depp, Colin ^a   Vahia, Ipsit V ^a   Jeste, Dilip ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Elderly; Healthy aging; Older adult; Resilience; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDITATION; MORBIDITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION; CYTOKINES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 77952910583     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.121208.131449     Document Type: Review

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