Is depression viewed as an inevitable consequence of age? The "understandability phenomenon" in older people

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-209

  Law, Jim ^a   Laidlaw, Ken ^b   Peck, Dave ^b  

^a NHS HIGHLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age stereotypes; Late life depression; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953557638     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317111003773627     Document Type: Article

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