Medical conditions and depressive, anxiety, and somatic symptoms in older adults with and without generalized anxiety disorder

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 764-768

  Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^a,b   Ayers, Catherine R ^a,b   Nuevo, Roberto ^c   Stein, Murray B ^a   Ramsdell, Joe ^d   Patterson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; elderly; somatization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 77955331161     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607861003713240     Document Type: Article

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