Associations of social relationships with consultation for symptoms of depression: A community study of depression in older men and women in Québec

Psychological Reports

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 537-552

  Mechakra Tahiri, Samia Djemaa ^a   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a   Dubé, Micheline ^b   Préville, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; QUEBEC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 79956372080     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/02.13.15.PR0.108.2.537-552     Document Type: Article

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