Prevalence of psychiatric and physical morbidity in an urban geriatric population

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-127

  Seby, K ^a   Chaudhury, Suprakash ^a   Chakraborty, Rudraprosad ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dementia; Epidemiology; Geriatric depression; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WARD; YATES CONTINUITY CORRECTION;

EID: 79960246698     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.82535     Document Type: Article

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