Distinguishing clinical depression from early alzheimer's disease in elderly people: Can narrative analysis help?

Aphasiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6-8, 2010, Pages 928-939

  Murray, Laura L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Discourse analysis; Language

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NARRATIVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77954732478     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030903422460     Document Type: Article

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